lfs-book/appendixa/gzip-desc.xml

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<title>Contents</title>

<para>
The Gzip package contains the compress, gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress, 
zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zforce, zgrep, zmore and znew programs.
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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gunzip</title>

<para>
gunzip decompresses files that are compressed with gzip.
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<sect3><title>gzexe</title>

<para>
gzexe allows to compress executables in place and have them 
automatically uncompress and execute when they are run (at a penalty in 
performance).
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<sect3><title>gzip</title>

<para>
gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).
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<sect3><title>zcat</title>

<para>
zcat uncompresses either a list of files on the command line or its 
standard input and writes the uncompressed data on standard output
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<sect3><title>zcmp</title>

<para>
zcmp invokes the cmp program on compressed files.
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<sect3><title>zdiff</title>

<para>
zdiff invokes the diff program on compressed files.
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<sect3><title>zforce</title>

<para>
zforce forces a  .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not 
compress them twice.  This can be useful for files with names truncated 
after a file transfer.
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<sect3><title>zgrep</title>

<para>
zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.
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<sect3><title>zmore</title>

<para>
zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text 
files one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
more program).
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<sect3><title>znew</title>

<para>
znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. 
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