It depends: the file command on Solaris and Linux will tell you if a file is compressed with either zip, gzip, or compress. On HPUX 10.2 the file command could not do that.
Is there a way I can check if a file is comppressed or not? (Be it tar/gzip or compress). trying to write a generic housekeeping scrit that will delete files over 6 months old and compress any uncompressed files if less than 6 months old. But not sure if there is a clever way to check except for... (4 Replies)
Hi guys i had a script which will generate a log file.Is there any commands to check the dynamic changes in the log file,i.e if i open the log file i should able to see the updating changes live...I hope u understand my query... (2 Replies)
I simply need to compress all files in a directory that are not already compressed and that are older than 10 days?
I have this so far. I need to add to this so I don't try and compress file that are already compressed. Or if you think this can be simplified let me know. Thx.
find... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
Can you guys please help me with this...
I am on AIX and need to prepare a script which will
1. check for a file named do_backup in the current file system
2. If the file exists i need to run some commands and exit, if the file doesn't exist then sleep for 15 mins and try... (2 Replies)
Advance Thanks.
(1) I would like to know any unix/Linux command to check EOF char in a file.
(2) Or Any way I can check a file has been reached completely at machine B from machine A. Note that machine A ftp/scp the file to machine B at unknown time. (5 Replies)
Hi All
I have written the following script:
#!/bin/ksh
while read cmdline
do
echo `$cmdline`
pid="$cmdline"
done<commands.txt
===========
commands.txt contains:
ps -ef | grep abc | grep xyz |awk '{print $2};
My objective is to store the o/p of the command in a variable and do... (8 Replies)
Need unix commands to delete records from one file if the same record present in another file...
just like join ... if the record present in both files.. delete from first file or delete the particular record and write the unmatched records to new file..
tried with grep and while... (6 Replies)
I'm confusing with this question. :wall: Can any one tell me how to do and use which command? :confused:
create a compressed archive of the "Test" directory and it's contents, called Test.tar.gz, and place it in the current directory. Use a non-verbose tar command with a single string, including... (5 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Can some one let me know the FTP commands to check the file status i.e i want to check whether my files are locked or in open status.
I am connecting FTP from local machine.
Regards,
Spidy (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: spidy
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
gzip
GZIP(1) BSD General Commands Manual GZIP(1)NAME
gzip -- compression/decompression tool using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77)
SYNOPSIS
gzip [-cdfhlNnqrtVv] [-S suffix] file [file [...]]
gunzip [-cfhNqrtVv] [-S suffix] file [file [...]]
zcat [-fhV] file [file [...]]
DESCRIPTION
The gzip program compresses and decompresses files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). If no files are specified, gzip will compress from stan-
dard input, or decompress to standard output. When in compression mode, each file will be replaced with another file with the suffix, set by
the -S suffix option, added, if possible. In decompression mode, each file will be checked for existence, as will the file with the suffix
added.
If invoked as gunzip then the -d option is enabled. If invoked as zcat or gzcat then both the -c and -d options are enabled.
This version of gzip is also capable of decompressing files compressed using compress(1) or bzip2(1).
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
-1, --fast
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9, --best These options change the compression level used, with the -1 option being the fastest, with less compression, and the -9
option being the slowest, with optimal compression. The default compression level is 6.
-c, --stdout, --to-stdout
This option specifies that output will go to the standard output stream, leaving files intact.
-d, --decompress, --uncompress
This option selects decompression rather than compression.
-f, --force This option turns on force mode. This allows files with multiple links, overwriting of pre-existing files, reading from or
writing to a terminal, and when combined with the -c option, allowing non-compressed data to pass through unchanged.
-h, --help This option prints a usage summary and exits.
-l, --list This option displays information about the file's compressed and uncompressed size, ratio, uncompressed name. With the -v
option, it also displays the compression method, CRC, date and time embedded in the file.
-N, --name This option causes the stored filename in the input file to be used as the output file.
-n, --no-name This option stops the filename and timestamp from being stored in the output file.
-q, --quiet With this option, no warnings or errors are printed.
-r, --recursive This option is used to gzip the files in a directory tree individually, using the fts(3) library.
-S suffix, --suffix suffix
This option changes the default suffix from .gz to suffix.
-t, --test This option will test compressed files for integrity.
-V, --version This option prints the version of the gzip program.
-v, --verbose This option turns on verbose mode, which prints the compression ratio for each file compressed.
ENVIRONMENT
If the environment variable GZIP is set, it is parsed as a white-space separated list of options handled before any options on the command
line. Options on the command line will override anything in GZIP.
SEE ALSO bzip2(1), compress(1), xz(1), fts(3), zlib(3)HISTORY
The gzip program was originally written by Jean-loup Gailly, licensed under the GNU Public Licence. Matthew R. Green wrote a simple front
end for NetBSD 1.3 distribution media, based on the freely re-distributable zlib library. It was enhanced to be mostly feature-compatible
with the original GNU gzip program for NetBSD 2.0.
This manual documents NetBSD gzip version 20040427.
AUTHORS
This implementation of gzip was written by Matthew R. Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>.
BSD June 18, 2011 BSD