Command error

Compress command does not work. Is there an alternative?
Following is the error displayed
-bash: compress :command not found

use gzip command.

syntax

Code:

$ gzip <filename>

to uncompress the file, use

Code:

$ gzip -d <gzfilename>

'gzip' command can be used for compressing the file.
Syntax:
gzip filename

for more options visit
http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_gzip.htm

Have used the gzip command. Was just curious to know why compress command does not work.

quota-v does not work either.

"compress" command is a part of ncompress package. Some linux installations don't have this package by default.

thanks

To Uncompress a file.gz , we can also use

$ gunzip <filename>

After compressing a file how to determine its size??
if we use commands like du -k filename it gives size in blocks...
when a file has compressed will the change in size be negligible???
when i compare them in blocks,size is same even after compression

try to zip a huge text file. for text files, compression ll be done upto 50%

Is thr any cmd to find size of the file in bytes????