znew
Recompress files from.Z
to.gz
format. More information: https://manned.org/znew.
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Recompress a file from
.Z
to.gz
format:
znew {{path/to/file1.Z}}
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Recompress multiple files and display the achieved size reduction % per file:
znew -v {{path/to/file1.Z}} {{path/to/file2.Z}} {{path/to/file3.Z}}
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Recompress a file using the slowest compression method (for optimal compression):
znew -9 {{path/to/file1.Z}}
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Recompress a file, [K]eeping the
.Z
file if it is smaller than the.gz
file:
znew -K {{path/to/file1.Z}}
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