cli-tarHow do I use gzip to compress myfile.tar?

1. To compress a file myfile.tar using gzip, use the following command:

gzip myfile.tar

This will create a new compressed file myfile.tar.gz in the same directory.

2. The gzip command uses the Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) algorithm to compress the file.
3. The -v option can be used to get verbose output about the compression process:

gzip -v myfile.tar

Output example

myfile.tar:  78.1% -- replaced with myfile.tar.gz

4. The -k option can be used to keep the original file after compression:

gzip -k myfile.tar

5. The -r option can be used to recursively compress all files in a directory:

gzip -r mydirectory

6. To decompress a file, use the gunzip command:

gunzip myfile.tar.gz

7. For more information on the gzip command, see the GNU gzip manual.

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