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