lfs-book/appendixa/gzip-desc.xml

<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>

<para><command>gunzip</command> decompresses gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>gzexe</command> is used to create self-uncompressing
executable files.</para>

<para><command>gzip</command> compresses the given files, using
Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.</para>

<para><command>zcat</command> uncompresses the given gzipped files to
standard output.</para>

<para><command>zcmp</command> runs cmp on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>zdiff</command> runs diff on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>zegrep</command> runs egrep on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>zfgrep</command> runs fgrep on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>zforce</command> forces a .gz extension on all given files
that are gzipped files, so that gzip will not compress them again. This can be
useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer.</para>

<para><command>zgrep</command> runs grep on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>zless</command> runs less on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>zmore</command> runs more on gzipped files.</para>

<para><command>znew</command> recompresses files from compress format
to gzip format -- .Z to .gz.</para>

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