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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| + | == 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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| + | == Identification == | ||
| + | Files begin with bytes {{magic|1f 9d}}. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[SCO compress LZH]] | ||
| + | * [[pack]] | ||
| + | * [[compact (Unix)]] | ||
| + | * [[Squash (RISC OS)]] | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/vapier/ncompress ncompress] | ||
| + | * [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ Gzip] can uncompress '''.Z''' files. | ||
| + | * [[7-Zip]] | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/vapier/liblzw liblzw] | ||
| + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20130702195528/http://www.willus.com/archive/unixcmds.zip Windows port of Compress utility] | ||
| + | * {{Deark}} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]] | ||
| + | {{DISPLAYTITLE:compress}} | ||
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.
