gzip flags

gzip -help
Apple gzip 264.50.1
usage: gzip [-123456789acdfhklLNnqrtVv] [-S .suffix] [ [ ...]]
-1 --fast fastest (worst) compression
-2 .. -8 set compression level
-9 --best best (slowest) compression
-c --stdout write to stdout, keep original files
--to-stdout
-d --decompress uncompress files
--uncompress
-f --force force overwriting & compress links
-h --help display this help
-k --keep don't delete input files during operation
-l --list list compressed file contents
-N --name save or restore original file name and time stamp
-n --no-name don't save original file name or time stamp
-q --quiet output no warnings
-r --recursive recursively compress files in directories
-S .suf use suffix .suf instead of .gz
--suffix .suf
-t --test test compressed file
-V --version display program version
-v --verbose print extra statistics

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