How Do You Gzip in Unix?

How do I gzip a file in Linux command line?

Here’s the simplest usage:

1. gzip filename. This will compress the file, and append a .gz extension to it. …
2. gzip -c filename > filename.gz. …
3. gzip -k filename. …
4. gzip -1 filename. …
5. gzip filename1 filename2. …
6. gzip -r a_folder. …
7. gzip -d filename.gz.

How do I gzip a file?

The most basic way to use gzip to compress a file is to type:

1. % gzip filename. …
2. % gzip -d filename.gz or % gunzip filename.gz. …
3. % tar -cvf archive.tar foo bar dir/ …
4. % tar -xvf archive.tar. …
5. % tar -tvf archive.tar. …
6. % tar -czvf archive.tar.gz file1 file2 dir/ …
7. % tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz. …
8. % tar -tzvf archive.tar.gz.