compress

Compress files using the Unix compress command. More information: <https://manned.org/compress.1>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/compress.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install ncompress
Ubuntu
apt-get install ncompress
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install ncompress
CentOS
yum install ncompress
Fedora
dnf install ncompress
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ncompress
OS X
brew install ncompress
Raspbian
apt-get install ncompress

Compress files using the Unix compress command. More information: <https://manned.org/compress.1>.

  • Compress specific files:
    compress path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Compress specific files, ignore non-existent ones:
    compress -f path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Set maximum compression bits (9-16 bits):
    compress -b bits
  • Write to `stdout` (no files are changed):
    compress -c path/to/file
  • Decompress files (functions like `uncompress`):
    compress -d path/to/file
  • Display compression percentage:
    compress -v path/to/file

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