The gzip program compresses and decompresses files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). If no files are specified, gzip will compress from standard input, or decompress to standard output. When in ...

Now before all of this goes over your head, let me explain it with the help of an example. Suppose I have a directory named “Archive&Compress” whose tar archive I wish to create, here is how it can be ...