The znew command in Linux is used to compress files using the zlib compression library. The znew command is a part of the zlib suite of tools.
Here are some examples of how to use the znew command:
# To compress the file `file.txt`:
znew file.txt
# To overwrite the existing file `file.txt.gz`:
znew -f file.txt
# To show help for the `znew` command:
znew --help
help
znew [options] FILE
Compress FILE using zlib.
Options:
-f, --force Overwrite existing FILE.
-h, --help Show this help message.
-V, --version Print version information.
For more information, see the znew manual page:
https://linux.die.net/man/1/znew
breakdown
-f, --force: This option overwrites the existing file.
-h, --help: This option shows this help message.
-V, --version: This option prints version information.