bzip2

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

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/bzip2.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install bzip2
Ubuntu
apt-get install bzip2
Alpine
apk add bzip2
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S bzip2
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install bzip2
CentOS
yum install bzip2
Fedora
dnf install bzip2
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bzip2
OS X
brew install bzip2
Raspbian
apt-get install bzip2
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/bzip2
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/bzip2 bzip2 powered by Commando

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

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