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uncompress(1) -- compress and expand data
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The following commands compress and uncompress files and directory subtrees as indicated: compress Reduce the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding. If reduction is possible, each file is replaced by a new file of the same name with the suffix .Z added to indicate that it is a compressed file. Original ownership, modes, access, and modification times are preserved. If no file is... |
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Man pages are divided into section depending on topic. There are 9 different
sections numbered from 1 (General Commands) to 9 (Kernel Developer's Manual).
You can get an introduction to each topic by typing
man intro
In other words, to get the intro to general commands, type
man 1 intro
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