lz4

Compress or decompress .lz4 files. More information: <https://github.com/lz4/lz4>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/lz4.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install lz4
Ubuntu
apt-get install lz4
Alpine
apk add lz4
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S lz4
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install lz4
CentOS
yum install lz4
Fedora
dnf install lz4
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lz4
OS X
brew install lz4
Raspbian
apt-get install lz4
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/lz4 lz4 powered by Commando

Compress or decompress .lz4 files. More information: <https://github.com/lz4/lz4>.

  • Compress a file:
    lz4 path/to/file
  • Decompress a file:
    lz4 -d file.lz4
  • Decompress a file and write to `stdout`:
    lz4 -dc file.lz4
  • Package and compress a directory and its contents:
    tar cvf - path/to/directory | lz4 - dir.tar.lz4
  • Decompress and unpack a directory and its contents:
    lz4 -dc dir.tar.lz4 | tar -xv
  • Compress a file using the best compression:
    lz4 -9 path/to/file

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