changehaa.blogg.se - Zip files mac terminal

synchronous synchronous output (safer if system crashes, but slower) S, -suffix=SUF use suffix SUF on compressed files r, -recursive operate recursively on directories N, -name save or restore the original name and timestamp n, -no-name do not save or restore the original name and timestamp k, -keep keep (don't delete) input files f, -force force overwrite of output file and compress links

c, -stdout write on standard output, keep original files unchanged Need more details - type "gzip -h" to get help! -a, -ascii ascii text convert end-of-line using local conventions

Now simply type gzip followed by the file name with extension.Įxample for single file : gzip filename.txtĮxample for dir : tar cvf - myDirToCompress | gzip > myDirToCompress.gzip.

if the file is situated on the desktop: cd /Users/your-mac-user-name/Desktop/

Now browse to the location where the file or folder is presently using the cd command.

Go to Spotlight Search and type Terminal and Open it,.

If you want to gzip a file or a directory, you can do it by running a simple command using Terminal.

Compress or uncompress FILEs (by default, compress FILES in-place).