xz

Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files.

More information.

• Compress a file to the xz file format:

xz {file}

• Decompress a xz file:

xz -d {file.xz}

• Compress a file to the LZMA file format:

xz --format={lzma} {file}

• Decompress an LZMA file:

xz -d --format={lzma} {file.lzma}

• Decompress a file and write to stdout:

xz -dc {file.xz}

• Compress a file, but don't delete the original:

xz -k {file}

• Compress a file using the fastest compression:

xz -0 {file}

• Compress a file using the best compression:

xz -9 {file}

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