# man > zforce(1)

> **TLDR:** Add a `.gz` extension to files compressed using `gzip`.
>
- Add a `.gz` extension to the supplied Gzip files (Note: Other files are ignored):
  `zforce {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       zforce - force a '.gz' extension on all gzip files

## SYNOPSIS
       **zforce **[ name ...  ]

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **zforce  **command  forces a **.gz **extension on all **gzip **files so that **gzip **will not compress
       them twice.  This can be useful for files with names truncated after  a  file  transfer.   On
       systems  with a 14 char limitation on file names, the original name is truncated to make room
       for the .gz suffix. For example, 12345678901234 is renamed to  12345678901.gz.  A  file  name
       such as foo.tgz is left intact.

## SEE ALSO
       [gzip(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzip/1/markdown), [znew(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/znew/1/markdown), [zmore(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zmore/1/markdown), [zgrep(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zgrep/1/markdown), [zdiff(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zdiff/1/markdown), [gzexe(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzexe/1/markdown)

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