GZIP(1)                                                   GZIP(1)

     NAME
          gzip, gunzip - compression and decompression utilities

     SYNOPSIS
          gzip [ -v ] [ -level ] [ file... ]
          gunzip [ file... ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Gzip and gunzip perform data compression and decompression
          to and from the standard gzip file format.  If no arguments
          are given gzip compresses each file replacing it by a file
          of the same name with the a .gz suffix appended.  If no
          files are given, standard input and standard output are
          used.  Level is a single decimal digit between 1 and 9;
          higher numbers give better compression.  The default level
          is 6.  The -v option causes gzip to report the compression
          ratio of each file that it compresses.

          Gunzip performs the opposite operation to gzip; each file
          (which must have a .gz suffix) is uncompressed, and replaced
          by a file of the same name with the .gz suffix removed. If
          no files are given, standard input and standard output are
          used.

     SOURCE
          /appl/cmd/gzip.b
          /appl/cmd/gunzip.b

     SEE ALSO
          filters(2)

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