xz

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Compress or decompress XZ and LZMA files.

Options (4)

-d, --decompressboolean

Decompress an XZ file

Example: xz {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/file.xz}}

-F, --formatboolean

Compress a file using lzma

Example: xz {{[-F|--format]}} lzma {{path/to/file}}

-c, --stdoutboolean

Decompress a file and write to `stdout` (implies `--keep`)

Example: xz {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{[-c|--stdout]}} {{path/to/file.xz}}

-k, --keepboolean

Compress a file, but don't delete the original

Example: xz {{[-k|--keep]}} {{path/to/file}}

Compress a file using xz

xz path/to/file

Decompress an XZ file

xz [-d|--decompress] path/to/file.xz

Compress a file using lzma

xz [-F|--format] lzma path/to/file

Decompress an LZMA file

xz [-d|--decompress] [-F|--format] lzma path/to/file.lzma

Decompress a file and write to `stdout` (implies `--keep`)

xz [-d|--decompress] [-c|--stdout] path/to/file.xz

Compress a file, but don't delete the original

xz [-k|--keep] path/to/file

Compress a file using the fastest compression

xz -0 path/to/file

Compress a file using the best compression

xz -9 path/to/file