CentOS Linux Server Guide

File compress using gzip in CentOS Linux

Gzip

Gzip, is the most common command used for file compression in Linux
File compressed under gzip, will have .gz extension.

Command name

gzip

Synopsis

gzip [option] filename > compressed_file_name.gz

Option

-v show compression rate

-l show info of .gz file

-r compress recursively of given file and all the subfolders

-c redirect the file compression output into a gz file extension

Note

Upon gzip usefully complete file compression, the original document/file will be removed. Thus, it is always recommend to use option -c together and file redirection >

The following gzip format is wrong

gzip -vlc wtmp

gzip: wtmp: not in gzip format

Example

gzip -v -c scrollkeeper.log> scrollkeeper.gz
scrollkeeper.log: 94.5%

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