-extension `.gz', while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
-modification times. (The default extension is `-gz' for VMS, `z' for
-MSDOS, OS/2 FAT and Atari.) If no files are specified or if a file
-name is "-", the standard input is compressed to the standard output.
-`gzip' will only attempt to compress regular files. In particular, it
-will ignore symbolic links.
-
- If the new file name is too long for its file system, `gzip'
-truncates it. `gzip' attempts to truncate only the parts of the file
-name longer than 3 characters. (A part is delimited by dots.) If the
-name consists of small parts only, the longest parts are truncated.
-For example, if file names are limited to 14 characters, gzip.msdos.exe
-is compressed to gzi.msd.exe.gz. Names are not truncated on systems
-which do not have a limit on file name length.
-
- By default, `gzip' keeps the original file name and time stamp in
-the compressed file. These are used when decompressing the file with
-the `-N' option. This is useful when the compressed file name was
-truncated or when the time stamp was not preserved after a file
-transfer. However, due to limitations in the current `gzip' file
-format, fractional seconds are discarded. Also, time stamps must fall
-within the range 1970-01-01 00:00:00 through 2106-02-07 06:28:15 UTC,
-and hosts whose operating systems use 32-bit time stamps are further
-restricted to time stamps no later than 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. The
-upper bounds assume the typical case where leap seconds are ignored.
-
- Compressed files can be restored to their original form using `gzip
--d' or `gunzip' or `zcat'. If the original name saved in the
-compressed file is not suitable for its file system, a new name is
-constructed from the original one to make it legal.
-
- `gunzip' takes a list of files on its command line and replaces each
-file whose name ends with `.gz', `.z' `-gz', `-z', or `_z' (ignoring
+extension ‘.gz’, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
+modification times. (The default extension is ‘-gz’ for VMS, ‘z’ for
+MSDOS, OS/2 FAT and Atari.) If no files are specified or if a file name
+is ‘-’, the standard input is compressed to the standard output. ‘gzip’
+will only attempt to compress regular files. In particular, it will
+ignore symbolic links.
+
+ If the new file name is too long for its file system, ‘gzip’
+truncates it. ‘gzip’ attempts to truncate only the parts of the file
+name longer than 3 characters. (A part is delimited by dots.) If the
+name consists of small parts only, the longest parts are truncated. For
+example, if file names are limited to 14 characters, gzip.msdos.exe is
+compressed to gzi.msd.exe.gz. Names are not truncated on systems which
+do not have a limit on file name length.
+
+ By default, ‘gzip’ keeps the original file name and time stamp in the
+compressed file. These are used when decompressing the file with the
+‘-N’ option. This is useful when the compressed file name was truncated
+or when the time stamp was not preserved after a file transfer.
+However, due to limitations in the current ‘gzip’ file format,
+fractional seconds are discarded. Also, time stamps must fall within
+the range 1970-01-01 00:00:00 through 2106-02-07 06:28:15 UTC, and hosts
+whose operating systems use 32-bit time stamps are further restricted to
+time stamps no later than 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. The upper bounds
+assume the typical case where leap seconds are ignored.
+
+ Compressed files can be restored to their original form using ‘gzip
+-d’ or ‘gunzip’ or ‘zcat’. If the original name saved in the compressed
+file is not suitable for its file system, a new name is constructed from
+the original one to make it legal.
+
+ ‘gunzip’ takes a list of files on its command line and replaces each
+file whose name ends with ‘.gz’, ‘.z’ ‘-gz’, ‘-z’, or ‘_z’ (ignoring