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# gzexe
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> Compress executable files while keeping them executable.
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> Back up the original file, appending `~` to its name and create a shell script that uncompresses and executes the binary inside it.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/gzexe.1>.
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- Compress an executable file in-place:
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`gzexe {{path/to/executable}}`
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- [d]ecompress a compressed executable in-place (i.e. convert the shell script back to an uncompressed binary):
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`gzexe -d {{path/to/compressed_executable}}`
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