Compress (Unix)
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* [[compact (Unix)]] - predecessor | * [[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]]. | Formats that could be considered to be the successors of ''compress'' include [[Freeze/Melt]], and (especially) [[Gzip]]. | ||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
| − | * [https://github. | + | * [https://vapier.github.io/ncompress/ ncompress] |
| − | * [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ Gzip] | + | * [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ Gzip] |
* [[7-Zip]] | * [[7-Zip]] | ||
* [https://github.com/vapier/liblzw liblzw] | * [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] | ||
* {{Deark}} | * {{Deark}} | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/temisu/ancient Ancient] | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/compress}} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
| − | * [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | + | * [[Wikipedia:Compress (software)|Wikipedia article]] |
[[Category:File formats with extension .z]] | [[Category:File formats with extension .z]] | ||
[[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]] | [[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]] | ||
{{DISPLAYTITLE:compress (Unix)}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:compress (Unix)}} | ||
Latest revision as of 05:14, 28 December 2023
- 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.
Contents |
[edit] Identifiers
The conventional filename extension is a capitalized .Z.
[edit] Identification
Files begin with bytes 1f 9d.
[edit] See also
- SCO compress LZH - variant
- Quasijarus Strong Compression - variant
- pack (Unix) - predecessor
- compact (Unix) - predecessor
- Squash (RISC OS)
- compact (Gene Olson)
Formats that could be considered to be the successors of compress include Freeze/Melt, and (especially) Gzip.
[edit] The 0x1f compression family
There are several compressed file formats, with similar features, that begin with byte value 0x1f (octal 037; decimal 31). We arbitrarily choose compress as the representative example, and list the formats here.
| Signature (hex) | Format |
|---|---|
1f 1e |
pack (Unix) |
1f 1f |
pack (Unix) - old format |
1f 8b |
gzip |
1f 9d |
compress |
1f 9e |
Freeze/Melt - old format |
1f 9f |
Freeze/Melt - new format |
1f a0 |
SCO compress LZH |
1f a1 |
Quasijarus Strong Compression |
1f ff or ff 1f |
compact (Unix) |
