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    How do you use gzip? Try gzip -c /etc/motd | gunzip -c | diff /etc/motd -
    – yrk
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 21:54
  • Ironically, both gzip and zip use exactly the same algorithm. They just happen to have more than the raw data. Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 21:58