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Old 12-31-2007
gzip filename?
Hi,

I want to be able to gzip a file but keep its original name and not give it a .gz extension. And then gunzip the file to the same name as well.
Is this possible?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 12-31-2007
Code:
gzip file
mv file.gz file
gunzip -c file

 
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