First, let's look at some common compression tools that are used in Linux systems. There are many available, and different users prefer different techniques, so it is good to be exposed to many of them, since the longer you interact with Linux systems, the more likely it will be that you will encounter all of them.

Navigate to the Books Directory

There are several text samples on this machine for you to be able to experiment with compression. These are located in ~$/$books$.$ Navigate to this directory.

cd books

ls $-$al