command used to compress files in linux.

 

 

    gzip,gunzip – compress or expand files.

    Format: gzip [options] filename

    gunzip [options] filename

    Eg1: gzip backup.tar

    Here it compresses the file backup.tar and stored it as backup.tar.gz

    Eg2: gunzip backup.tar.gz

    Here it expands the file backup.tar.gz back into backup.tar

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