Compress (Unix)
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
| − | Files begin with bytes | + | Files begin with bytes {{magic|1f 9d}}. |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[SCO compress LZH]] | ||
* [[pack]] - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension. | * [[pack]] - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension. | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 31 December 2019
- 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.
See also
- SCO compress LZH
- pack - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension.
