GZIP(1)

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version 1.25 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 GZIP(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the gzip page, section 1 of the User Commands manual 🫶 yes the manpage name in the corner is literally GZIP(1) twice because that's just how manpages serve looks, we don't question it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

gzip — Decompress the specified FILEs

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

libdeflate-gunzip [-LEVEL] [-cdfhkqtV] [-S SUF] FILE...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Compress or decompress the specified FILEs. that's it. that's the whole gig. it squeezes files down and it unsqueezes them back. iconic behaviour honestly 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -1 — fastest (worst) compression. speed demon mode, quality is not the vibe here 🏃♀️💨
  • -6 — medium compression (default). the goldilocks setting, she's the one you get unless you say otherwise 🎀
  • -12 — slowest (best) compression. she takes her sweet time and she delivers 🔥
  • -c — write to standard output. no files get touched, everything just goes out into the world 🌈
  • -d — decompress. the un-squeeze button 🪄
  • -f — overwrite existing output files; (de)compress hard-linked files; allow reading/writing compressed data from/to terminal; with gunzip -c, pass through non-gzipped data. it's giving "force, no questions asked" 😤 four whole jobs in one little flag, we love a multitasker
  • -h — print this help. hi bestie, here's your cheat sheet 🫶
  • -k — don't delete input files. keeps the original around instead of yeeting it 💖
  • -q — suppress warnings. shhh. no notes. we see nothing 🤫
  • -S SUF — use suffix SUF instead of .gz. you get to pick your own little name tag for the output ✨
  • -t — test file integrity. vibe check the file without actually unpacking it ✅
  • -V — show version and legal information. the receipts, the lore, the credentials 📜

Copyright 2016 Eric Biggers

This program is free software which may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of the MIT license. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. See the COPYING file for details.

ngl "no warranty" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there — read your COPYING file bestie, it's short and it matters 👀

and that's the whole page, no cap 🌟 this was gzip compression program v1.25, dated June 2026 — same energy as the GZIP(1) header up top, just the footer saying bye 💜 bye bye, go compress something, mwah 🎀✨

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