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compress [-v] filename...
where
- -v
- (verbose) displays the percentage of compression for
each file.
uses ``adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding"
[p. 83]sun:rf
to compress the files by more than 60%!
The contents of filename is modified, and the name is appended
with .Z.
uncompress [-vc] filename[.Z]
where
- -v
- (verbose) displays a message with the de-compression is done.
- -c
- (cat) leaves the original file intact, but sends the
results to standard output;
is used to bring back the original name and content of filename.
The .Z is optional.
zcat filename
is equivalent to
uncompress -v filename.Z
Super-User
Fri Feb 17 15:55:40 EST 1995