1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Contents</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>
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5 | The Gzip package contains the compress, gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress,
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6 | zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zforece, zgrep, zmore and znew programs.
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7 | </para>
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8 |
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9 | </sect2>
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10 |
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11 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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12 |
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13 | <sect3><title>gunzip</title>
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14 |
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15 | <para>
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16 | gunzip decompresses files that are compressed with gzip.
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17 | </para>
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18 |
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19 | </sect3>
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20 |
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21 | <sect3><title>gzexe</title>
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22 |
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23 | <para>
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24 | gzexe allows to compress executables in place and have them
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25 | automatically uncompress and execute when they are run (at a penalty in
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26 | performance).
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27 | </para>
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28 |
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29 | </sect3>
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30 |
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31 | <sect3><title>gzip</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>
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34 | gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).
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35 | </para>
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36 |
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37 | </sect3>
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38 |
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39 | <sect3><title>zcat</title>
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40 |
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41 | <para>
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42 | zcat uncompresses either a list of files on the command line or its
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43 | standard input and writes the uncompressed data on standard output
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44 | </para>
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45 |
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46 | </sect3>
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47 |
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48 | <sect3><title>zcmp</title>
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49 |
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50 | <para>
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51 | zcmp invokes the cmp program on compressed files.
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52 | </para>
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53 |
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54 | </sect3>
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55 |
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56 | <sect3><title>zdiff</title>
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57 |
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58 | <para>
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59 | zdiff invokes the diff program on compressed files.
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60 | </para>
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61 |
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62 | </sect3>
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63 |
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64 | <sect3><title>zforce</title>
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65 |
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66 | <para>
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67 | zforce forces a .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not
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68 | compress them twice. This can be useful for files with names truncated
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69 | after a file transfer.
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70 | </para>
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71 |
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72 | </sect3>
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73 |
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74 | <sect3><title>zgrep</title>
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75 |
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76 | <para>
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77 | zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.
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78 | </para>
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79 |
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80 | </sect3>
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81 |
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82 | <sect3><title>zmore</title>
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83 |
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84 | <para>
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85 | Zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text
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86 | files one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
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87 | more program).
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88 | </para>
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89 |
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90 | </sect3>
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91 |
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92 | <sect3><title>znew</title>
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93 |
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94 | <para>
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95 | Znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.
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96 | </para>
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97 |
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98 | </sect3>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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