How do I zip a Linux log?

To compress files you can use gzip, bzip2 and zip commands. To expand compressed file (decompresses) you can use and gzip -d, bunzip2 (bzip2 -d), unzip commands.

How do you compress a log?

Tools like “grep google” and “gzip” are your friends.

1. Compression. On average, compressing text files leads to reduce the size by 85%. …
2. Pre-Filtering. On average, pre-filtering reduces logs files by 90%. …
3. Combining both. When combined compression and pre-filtering together we usually reduce the file size by 95%.