1.\" Copyright (c) 1997 2.\" Michael Smith 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\"
| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1997 2.\" Michael Smith 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\"
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40.Xr gzip 1 41utility. It supports 42compression and decompression of individual files, as well as 43streaming compression and decompression via standard input and 44output. 45.Pp 46The default operation is compression, decompression can be 47selected by supplying the 48.Fl d 49flag on the commandline. 50.Pp 51If any 52.Ar file 53arguments are supplied, the operation is performed on each file 54separately. Compression replaces the original file with one having a 55.Pa .gz 56suffix. Decompression will remove a 57.Pa .gz 58suffix if one is present. 59.Pp 60If no 61.Ar file 62arguments are supplied, 63.Nm 64reads from standard input and writes the results of the operation 65to standard output. 66.Sh SEE ALSO 67.Xr gzip 1 68.Sh AUTHORS
| 41.Xr gzip 1 42utility. It supports 43compression and decompression of individual files, as well as 44streaming compression and decompression via standard input and 45output. 46.Pp 47The default operation is compression, decompression can be 48selected by supplying the 49.Fl d 50flag on the commandline. 51.Pp 52If any 53.Ar file 54arguments are supplied, the operation is performed on each file 55separately. Compression replaces the original file with one having a 56.Pa .gz 57suffix. Decompression will remove a 58.Pa .gz 59suffix if one is present. 60.Pp 61If no 62.Ar file 63arguments are supplied, 64.Nm 65reads from standard input and writes the results of the operation 66to standard output. 67.Sh SEE ALSO 68.Xr gzip 1 69.Sh AUTHORS
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