lz4

Compress or decompress .lz4 files.

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• Compress a file:

lz4 {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 -d {dir.tar.lz4} | tar -xv

• Compress a file using the best compression:

lz4 -9 {file}

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