Compress (Unix)

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m (Jsummers moved page Compress to Compress (Unix): For consistency with pack and compact, and because compress is such a common word. Might make a disambig. page someday.)
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{{FormatInfo
 
{{FormatInfo
|name=compress
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|name=compress (Unix)
 
|formattype=electronic
 
|formattype=electronic
 
|subcat=Compression
 
|subcat=Compression
|extensions={{ext|Z}}, {{ext|z}}
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|extensions={{ext|Z}}
 
|mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-compress}}
 
|mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-compress}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
:''This article is about a specific file format. For compression in general, see [[Compression]].''
 
:''This article is about a specific file format. For compression in general, see [[Compression]].''
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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]].
  
 
== Identifiers ==
 
== 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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The conventional filename extension is a capitalized '''.Z'''.
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[SCO compress LZH]]
 
* [[SCO compress LZH]]
* [[pack]]
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* [[pack (Unix)]]
 
* [[compact (Unix)]]
 
* [[compact (Unix)]]
 
* [[Squash (RISC OS)]]
 
* [[Squash (RISC OS)]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]]
  
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[[Category:File formats with extension .z]]
 
[[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]]
 
[[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:compress}}
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:compress (Unix)}}

Revision as of 12:56, 29 February 2020

File Format
Name compress (Unix)
Ontology
Extension(s) .Z
MIME Type(s) application/x-compress
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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The conventional filename extension is a capitalized .Z.

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