Compress (Unix)
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ gzip] can uncompress '''compress'''ed files. | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ gzip] can uncompress '''compress'''ed files. | ||
| + | * [http://www.willus.com/archive/unixcmds.zip Windows port of Compress utility] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | ||
Revision as of 04:22, 8 October 2013
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
- gzip can uncompress compressed files.
- Windows port of Compress utility
