xz
Compress or decompress.xz
and.lzma
files. More information: https://manned.org/xz.
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Compress a file using xz:
xz {{path/to/file}}
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Decompress an xz file:
xz --decompress {{path/to/file.xz}}
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Compress a file using lzma:
xz --format={{lzma}} {{path/to/file}}
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Decompress an lzma file:
xz --decompress --format={{lzma}} {{path/to/file.lzma}}
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Decompress a file and write to
stdout
(implies--keep
):
xz --decompress --stdout {{path/to/file.xz}}
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Compress a file, but don't delete the original:
xz --keep {{path/to/file}}
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Compress a file using the fastest compression:
xz -0 {{path/to/file}}
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Compress a file using the best compression:
xz -9 {{path/to/file}}
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