COMPRESS(1) - General Commands Manual # COMPRESS(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # compress, uncompress, zcat - compress and expand data (compress mode)
SYNOPSIS # compress [-123456789cdfghlNnOqrtv] [-b bits] [-o filename] [-S suffix] [file …]
uncompress [-cfhlNnqrtv] [-o filename] [file …]
zcat [-fghqr] [file …]
DESCRIPTION # The compress utility reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding, in compress mode. If invoked as compress -g, the deflate mode of compression is chosen; see gzip(1) for more information.
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GZIP(1) - General Commands Manual # GZIP(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # gzip, gunzip, gzcat - compress and expand data (deflate mode)
SYNOPSIS # gzip [-123456789cdfhkLlNnOqrtVv] [-b bits] [-o filename] [-S suffix] [file …]
gunzip [-cfhkLlNnqrtVv] [-o filename] [file …]
gzcat [-fhqr] [file …]
DESCRIPTION # The gzip utility reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding, in deflate mode. If invoked as gzip -O, the compress mode of compression is chosen; see compress(1) for more information.
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ZMORE(1) - General Commands Manual # ZMORE(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # zmore, zless - view compressed files
SYNOPSIS # zmore [flags] [file …]
zless [flags] [file …]
DESCRIPTION # zmore is a filter that allows the viewing of files compressed with Lempel-Ziv encoding. Such files generally have a “Z” or “gz” extension (both the compress(1) and gzip(1) formats are supported). Any flags that are specified are passed to more(1) or less(1), respectively.
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