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lz4

Compress or decompress .lz4 files. More information: https://github.com/lz4/lz4.
  • Compress a file:
    lz4 {{path/to/file}}
  • Decompress a file:
    lz4 -d {{file.lz4}}
  • Decompress a file and write to stdout:
    lz4 -dc {{file.lz4}}
  • Package and compress a directory and its contents:
    tar cvf - {{path/to/directory}} | lz4 - {{dir.tar.lz4}}
  • Decompress and unpack a directory and its contents:
    lz4 -dc {{dir.tar.lz4}} | tar -xv
  • Compress a file using the best compression:
    lz4 -9 {{path/to/file}}

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