bzip2

A block-sorting file compressor. More information: https://manned.org/bzip2.

• Compress a file:
  bzip2 {{path/to/file_to_compress}}
• Decompress a file:
  bzip2 -d {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}
• Decompress a file to stdout:
  bzip2 -dc {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}
• Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file:
  bzip2 --test {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}
• Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information:
  bzip2 --verbose {{path/to/compressed_files.bz2}}
• Decompress a file overwriting existing files:
  bzip2 --force {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}
• Display help:
  bzip2 -h