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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>
+The Gzip package contains the compress, gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress, 
+zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zforece, zgrep, zmore and znew programs.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3><title>gunzip</title>
+
+<para>
+gunzip decompresses files that are compressed with gzip.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>gzexe</title>
+
+<para>
+gzexe allows you to compress executables in place and have them 
+automatically uncompress and execute when you run them (at a penalty in 
+performance).
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>gzip</title>
+
+<para>
+gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>zcat</title>
+
+<para>
+zcat uncompresses either a list of files on the command line or its 
+standard input and writes the uncompressed data on standard output
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>zcmp</title>
+
+<para>
+zcmp invokes the cmp program on compressed files.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>zdiff</title>
+
+<para>
+zdiff invokes the diff program on compressed files.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>zforce</title>
+
+<para>
+zforce forces a  .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not 
+compress them twice.  This can be useful for files with names truncated 
+after a file transfer.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>zgrep</title>
+
+<para>
+zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>zmore</title>
+
+<para>
+Zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text 
+files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
+more program).
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>znew</title>
+
+<para>
+Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. 
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+