Compress (Unix)
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| − | * [[SCO compress LZH]] | + | * [[SCO compress LZH]] - variant |
| − | * [[Quasijarus Strong Compression]] | + | * [[Quasijarus Strong Compression]] - variant |
| − | * [[pack (Unix)]] | + | * [[pack (Unix)]] - predecessor |
| − | * [[compact (Unix)]] | + | * [[compact (Unix)]] - predecessor |
* [[Squash (RISC OS)]] | * [[Squash (RISC OS)]] | ||
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| + | Formats that could be considered to be the successors of ''compress'' include [[Freeze/Melt]], and (especially) [[Gzip]]. | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 30 July 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.
Identification
Files begin with bytes 1f 9d.
See also
- SCO compress LZH - variant
- Quasijarus Strong Compression - variant
- pack (Unix) - predecessor
- compact (Unix) - predecessor
- Squash (RISC OS)
Formats that could be considered to be the successors of compress include Freeze/Melt, and (especially) Gzip.
