Name
compress — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
compress [options
] [files
]
compress
and uncompress
compress and uncompress files
in standard Unix compression format (Lempel Ziv). Compressed files
have the suffix .Z.
Sample commands
|
Compress
|
|
Produce compressed data on standard output. |
|
Produce compressed data from a pipeline. |
|
Uncompress
|
|
Uncompress the data on standard output. |
|
Uncompress the data from a pipeline. |
|
Uncompress the data on standard output. |
Compressed tar files: sample commands
|
Pack directory
|
|
List contents. |
|
Unpack. |
Add the -v
option to
tar
to print filenames as they
are processed.
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