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G Commands

gunzip

gzip

G Commands

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This chapter describes the Cisco Nexus 1000V commands that begin with the letter G.

gunzip

To uncompress a compressed file, use the gunzip command.

gunzip filename

Syntax Description

filename

Name of a file. The filename is case sensitive.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(4)SV1(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

The compressed filename must have the .gz extension.

You do not have to enter the .gz extension as part of the filename.

The Cisco NX-OS software uses Lempel-Ziv 1977 (LZ77) coding for compression.

Examples

This example shows how to uncompress a compressed file:

n1000v# gunzip run_cnfg.cfg

Related Commands

Command	Description
dir	Displays the directory contents.
gzip	Compresses a file.

gzip

To compress a file, use the gzip command.

gzip filename

Syntax Description

filename

Name of a file. The filename is case sensitive.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any

Supported User Roles

network-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(4)SV1(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

After you use this command, the file is replaced with the compressed filename that has the .gz extension.

The Cisco NX-OS software uses Lempel-Ziv 1977 (LZ77) coding for compression.

Examples

This example shows how to compress a file:

n1000v# gzip run_cnfg.cfg

Related Commands

Command	Description
dir	Displays the directory contents.
gunzip	Uncompresses a compressed file.