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10 <para>For installation instructions see <xref linkend="ch06-gzip"/>.</para>
12 <sect2><title>Official Download Location</title>
14 <literallayout>Gzip (&gzip-version;):
15 <ulink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/"/></literallayout>
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22 <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
24 <para><command>gunzip</command> decompresses gzipped files.</para>
26 <para><command>gzexe</command> is used to create self-uncompressing
27 executable files.</para>
29 <para><command>gzip</command> compresses the given files, using
30 Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.</para>
32 <para><command>zcat</command> uncompresses the given gzipped files to
33 standard output.</para>
35 <para><command>zcmp</command> runs cmp on gzipped files.</para>
37 <para><command>zdiff</command> runs diff on gzipped files.</para>
39 <para><command>zegrep</command> runs egrep on gzipped files.</para>
41 <para><command>zfgrep</command> runs fgrep on gzipped files.</para>
43 <para><command>zforce</command> forces a .gz extension on all given files
44 that are gzipped files, so that gzip will not compress them again. This can be
45 useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer.</para>
47 <para><command>zgrep</command> runs grep on gzipped files.</para>
49 <para><command>zless</command> runs less on gzipped files.</para>
51 <para><command>zmore</command> runs more on gzipped files.</para>
53 <para><command>znew</command> recompresses files from compress format
54 to gzip format -- .Z to .gz.</para>
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