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`gz`

Compress or decompress a gzip file

Description

An optional builtin for compressing or decompressing a gzip stream from stdin.

Usage

<stdin> -> gz -> <stdout>

<stdin> -> !gz -> <stdout>

Synonyms

gz
!gz

See Also

Escape Command Line String: esccli: Escapes an array so output is valid shell code
Escape HTML: eschtml: Encode or decodes text for HTML
Escape URL: escurl: Encode or decodes text for the URL
Quote String: escape: Escape or unescape input
!bz2: Decompress a bz2 file
base64: Encode or decode a base64 string

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