gistfile1.txt

pleb:~ will$ echo "There's a bright golden haze on the meadow" | gzip -9 > 1.gz
pleb:~ will$ echo "It's a long road to tipperary" | gzip -9 > 2.gz
pleb:~ will$ cat 1.gz 2.gz > 3.gz
pleb:~ will$ cat 3.gz 
$?J
   ?H-JU/VHTH
pleb:~ will$ gunzip 3.gz 
pleb:~ will$ cat 3 
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow
It's a long road to tipperary
pleb:~ will$