Compress (Unix)
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
− | Files begin with bytes | + | Files begin with bytes {{magic|1f 9d}}. |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
− | * [[pack]] | + | * [[SCO compress LZH]] |
+ | * [[pack]] | ||
+ | * [[compact (Unix)]] | ||
+ | * [[Squash (RISC OS)]] | ||
== Software == | == Software == |
Revision as of 21:06, 10 January 2020
- 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.
Identification
Files begin with bytes 1f 9d
.