Your Question: How Do I Edit a Gz File in Linux?
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How do I edit a .GZ file?

Also It is Possible to read gzip file using a text editor. In Linux you can use command line text editor vim. With a Text Editor we can also edit and add new content to the file without extracting. If You are Not Comfortable with the command line you can use Graphical Editors like gedit or kate to read gzip files.

How do I open a .GZ file in Linux?

How to read Gzip compressed files in Linux command line

  1. zcat for cat to view compressed file.
  2. zgrep for grep to search inside the compressed file.
  3. zless for less, zmore for more, to view the file in pages.
  4. zdiff for diff to see the difference between two compressed files.
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