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Re: *.gz files



Hi All,


Will wrote:
> 
> Quick Newbie Question:
> 
> What are *.gz files?  And what can I do to read/print/view them?

Ralph Winslow wrote:
>They're compressed files; you can "zcat mumble.gz" to see its
>content or "gunzip mumble.gz" to restore the mumble file to
>its uncompressed state.

You can get the most package that will view any *.gz file on the
fly, except for tar files.  If the compressed file is a binary file,
most will hexdump it for you, otherwise the file will be shown as plain
text.  Most also has a built-in search engine and I have found it to be
a "God send" at times.


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