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Probably not, gzipped files have a header at the beginning. $ cat tweet "If you want to get laid, go to college, but if you want an education, go to t
by silentbicycle 18y ago
Probably not, gzipped files have a header at the beginning.
$ cat tweet
"If you want to get laid, go to college,
but if you want an education, go to the library." -Frank Zappa
$ wc -c tweet
105 tweet
$ gzip tweet
$ ls -l tweet.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 scott scott 109 May 11 22:12 tweet.gz
$
Compressing very small files (or large files that are already compressed) can make them larger. There's a crossover point where you can pack more textual data, but it's probably a bit over 140 chars.