Command-line tool

gzip

brew/gzip

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Popular GNU data compression program archive gnuwin32 gzip

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id GnuWin32.Gzip -e
scoop install gzip

macOS

brew install gzip

Linux

brew install gzip

Compress a file, replacing it with a `gzip` archive

gzip path/to/file

Decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version

gzip -d path/to/file.gz

Display the name and reduction percentage for each file compressed

gzip -v path/to/file.gz

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