zforce(1) - force a '.gz' extension on all gzip files {oss}

zgrep(1) - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression {oss}

zmore(1) - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text {oss}

znew(1) - recompress .Z files to .gz files {oss}

gzip gunzip zcat(1) - compress or expand files {oss}

gzexe(1) - compress executable files in place {oss}

compress uncompress(1) - compress and expand data {oss}

Applications and Utilities

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