1) How large is Homo_sapiens.GRCh38.dna.chromosome.21.fa before and after compression?
$ cd
$ cd IntroToLinuxHPC/Lab02
$ ls -l Homo_sapiens.GRCh38.dna.chromosome.21.fa
# 42384874 bytes before compression
$ gzip -v Homo_sapiens.GRCh38.dna.chromosome.21.fa.gz
# 11772051 bytes after compression
2) How large is websters.txt before and after compression?
$ cd
$ cd IntroToLinuxHPC/Lab01
$ ls -l websters.txt
# 2493109 bytes before compression
$ gzip -v websters.txt
# 754559
3) Assuming the same compression rate, how large will 1 TB of text files be after compression?
The fasta file is 27.8% of the original size, and the dictionary is 30.2% of the original size. Assuming these numbers are about average for raw text files, a 1 TB file would reduce down to ~290 GB.