Compress (Unix)
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* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ Gzip] can uncompress '''.Z''' files. | * [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ Gzip] can uncompress '''.Z''' files. | ||
* [[7-Zip]] | * [[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] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20130702195528/http://www.willus.com/archive/unixcmds.zip Windows port of Compress utility] | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 1 December 2015
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
- pack - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension.
Software
- ncompress
- Gzip can uncompress .Z files.
- 7-Zip
- liblzw
- Windows port of Compress utility
External links
