Compress (Unix)
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'''compress''' is a Unix command line utility, and a general-purpose compressed file format. Its compression algorithm is based on [[LZW]]. | '''compress''' is a Unix command line utility, and a general-purpose compressed file format. Its compression algorithm is based on [[LZW]]. | ||
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| + | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ gzip] can uncompress '''compress'''ed files. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | ||
Revision as of 14:36, 20 April 2013
compress is a Unix command line utility, and a general-purpose compressed file format. Its compression algorithm is based on LZW.
Software
- gzip can uncompress compressed files.
