Pack (Unix)

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Name Pack (Unix)
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Extension(s) .z

pack is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using Huffman coding. Files normally have a .z extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., file.txt.z.

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  • gzip can uncompress pack files.

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