Compress (Unix)

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:''This article is about a specific file format. For compression in general, see [[Compression]].''
 
'''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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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Files begin with bytes <code>1F 9D</code>.
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Files begin with bytes {{magic|1f 9d}}.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[pack]] - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension.
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* [[SCO compress LZH]]
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* [[pack]]
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* [[compact (Unix)]]
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* [[Squash (RISC OS)]]
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* [https://github.com/vapier/liblzw liblzw]
 
* [https://github.com/vapier/liblzw liblzw]
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130702195528/http://www.willus.com/archive/unixcmds.zip Windows port of Compress utility]
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130702195528/http://www.willus.com/archive/unixcmds.zip Windows port of Compress utility]
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* {{Deark}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]]
  
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[[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]]
 
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Revision as of 21:06, 10 January 2020

File Format
Name compress
Ontology
Extension(s) .Z, .z
MIME Type(s) application/x-compress
This article is about a specific file format. For compression in general, see Compression.

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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Identifiers

The conventional filename extension is a capitalized .Z. We list lowercase .z as well, only because filenames are not always case-sensitive.

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Files begin with bytes 1f 9d.

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