How to Use gzip

To compress a file, use this command:

To compress a file, use this command:

gzip filename

This command replaces the original file with a compressed file. The new file will have a .gz extension.

Example

gzip notes.txt

This will create a file named notes.txt.gz.

This will create a file named notes.txt.gz.

To Decompress a File

To get back the original file, use:

gunzip filename.gz

This will restore the original file and remove the .gz file.

View Contents Without Decompressing

You can view the content of a compressed file using:

zcat filename.gz

Compress Multiple Files

You can compress several files at once:

gzip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

This will create file1.txt.gz, file2.txt.gz, and file3.txt.gz.

Useful Options

-k: Keep the original file.

gzip -k file.txt

-d: Same as gunzip, to decompress.

gzip -d file.txt.gz

-r: Compress all files in a directory.

gzip -r myfolder/

Summary

gzip compresses files.

gunzip decompresses .gz files.

Use options to keep files, decompress, or work with folders.

gzip is a simple and fast way to handle file compression in Linux.

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How to Install Zip and Unzip in Ubuntu/Debian/Mint

You can install zip by running this command on Ubuntu or Debian.

 $ sudo apt install zip

You can confirm the zip installation by running this command or above command. If it is installed it says zip already installed

 $ zip -v 

After installing zip you can create zip by running this command at the root of target folder.

 $ zip -r filename.zip folder 

For installing Unzip utility, you can run following command.

 $ sudo apt install unzip 

You can confirm the unzip installation by running the same command

 $ unzip -v 

Newer version of Ubuntu/ Debian comes with preinstalled zip and unzip utilities

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