Compress and decompress files
Compress and decompress files:
bzip2 [options] [files...]
Decompress files:
bunzip2 [options] [files...]
Decompress files to standard output:
bz2cat [options] [files...]
Neutrino
- -1 … -9
- Set the blocksize to 100k … 900k.
- -c
- Send output to standard output.
- -d
- Force decompression.
- -f
- Force the utility to overwrite existing output files.
- -h
- Display a help message.
- -k
- Keep (i.e. don't delete) input files.
- --repetitive-best
- Compress repetitive blocks better.
- --repetitive-fast
- Compress repetitive blocks faster.
- -s
- (Small) use less memory (at most 2500K).
- -t
- Test the integrity of the compressed file.
- -v
- Verbose output; a second v makes the utility more verbose.
- -z
- Force compression.
This utility compresses and decompresses files:
- If invoked as bzip2, the default action is to compress.
- As bunzip2, the default action is to decompress.
- As bz2cat, the default action is to decompress to stdout.
If no file names are given, bzip2 compresses
or decompresses from standard input to standard output.
freeze,
gzip,
pax,
tar
Backing Up and Recovering Data
in the Neutrino User's Guide