Hi All,
Will wrote:
>
> Quick Newbie Question:
>
> What are *.gz files? And what can I do to read/print/view them?
Ralph Winslow wrote:
>They're compressed files; you can "zcat mumble.gz" to see its
>content or "gunzip mumble.gz" to restore the mumble file to
>its uncompressed state.
You can get the most package that will view any *.gz file on the
fly, except for tar files. If the compressed file is a binary file,
most will hexdump it for you, otherwise the file will be shown as plain
text. Most also has a built-in search engine and I have found it to be
a "God send" at times.
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