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zipping and unzipping files

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gzip

gzip (GNU zip) - used to compress individual files(single files only)

Note: replaces original file with zipped file

Usage ->

gzip [filename]

gunzip

By default it replaces the compressed file with decompressed file

gunzip [filename]

By using `-k` we can keep the original compressed file too

gunzip -k [filename]

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