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Re: *.gz files



On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Will wrote:

> What are *.gz files?

Files compressed with gzip.

>  And what can I do to read/print/view them?

gunzip filename.gz

then read/print/view/execute as usual.

If it's a textfile, you can use zless textfile.gz.

LLaP
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