By the way, gzip generally have lower compression rations than rar and 7z (albeit it de/compresses much faster), and it can only compress single files - generally tarballs when archiving (such as …

Mar 29, 2011 · You'll want to use tar, like so: tar -czvf file.tar.gz cvd*.txt tar puts the files together, while gzip then performs the compression. Quoth the gzip manpage: If you wish to create a single archive …

gzip: the_name_of_the_file.gz: unexpected end of file The same problem happens when I try to extract the file using the GUI tool in Ubuntu or MacOSX, Any ideas?

May 9, 2010 · And 42.zip, besides not being gzip, requires recursive decompression, which is not a fair comparison. The compression ratio of the first layer is still within normal parameters.

Oct 30, 2010 · I've known gzip for years, recently I saw bzip being used at work. Are they basically equivalent, or are there significant pros and cons to one of them over the other?

Jul 11, 2011 · 21 gzip will always compress each file into a single .gz file when given a list of files on its command line. For example $ gzip -r log.2011 to recursively walk the log.2011 directory and …

The c option for gzip will tell gzip to decompress to the standard output stream. The - at the end of the tar command means “use standard input.” So coupled with the the -c in gzip, the pipe will then take …

Mar 3, 2017 · I'm decompressing a file with a .gzip extension and then re-compressing it using 7Zip. When re-compressed though it has a .gz extension. Are a .gz and .gzip extension the same thing?

Jul 12, 2010 · I want to create some tar.gz (and possibly tar.bz2) files, using the tar command on Ubuntu 10.04. I want to password protect the file. What is the command to do this (I have Googled, but found …

By using gzip --force, I can force gzip to overwrite foo.gz, but in this case, I think that there's a good chance that I might lose data if I overwrite foo.gz. There doesn't seem to be a command line switch …