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Need gzip examples in pipe

For a learning purposes I search a simple examples for using gzip in pipe
with basic linux commands
Something like
...... | gzip -c > .....
or
...... | gzip -d > .....

(not only tar nor , I need a factics output for any simple Linux commands )
Can anybody help me quick ???

Thanks
Petr

sunnycoder

Hi hatina,

check gzip man page for more examples
cat file1 file2 | gzip > foo.gz
gzip -cd old.gz | gzip > new.gz

Sunnycoder

hatina

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I do not need simple gzip using,...
I need a practical examples cooperative with another Linux commands through pipe.........!!!!!!!!!!!!

sunnycoder

Which commands ?? The above are as good as practical exmaples ... you can complicate either side of pipe as much as you desire

cat file1 file2 | gzip > foo.gz

can be morphed to

find <some_dir> -type f -name "foo" -exec car {} \; | gzip > total_foo.gz

sunnycoder

find <some_dir> -type f -name "foo" -exec cat {} \; | gzip > total_foo.gz
^

cuspoon

There is always the simple

gzip -c (file.tgz) | tar xvf -

cuspoon

I hate it when fingers slip off the keys... There is a missing key in there.

gzip -cd (file.tgz) | tar x

or for those of us who like output

gzip -cd (file.tgz) | tar xv

or still

gzip -cd (file.tgz) | tar xvf -

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Sunjith

Another practical example ;-)
Say, you have to capture all packets going through your network interface for some time and you may want to store it in an archive. You may then use a command like follows:
tcpdump -s0 -X -vv | gzip > dump.gz
(You have to kill tcpdump from another terminal. If you press Ctrl+C in the same terminal, gzip cannot close the archive properly.)