Compress (Unix)
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{{FormatInfo | {{FormatInfo | ||
| − | |name=compress | + | |name=compress (Unix) |
|formattype=electronic | |formattype=electronic | ||
|subcat=Compression | |subcat=Compression | ||
| − | |extensions={{ext|Z | + | |extensions={{ext|Z}} |
|mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-compress}} | |mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-compress}} | ||
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:''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''' | + | 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]] | + | * [[pack (Unix)]] |
* [[compact (Unix)]] | * [[compact (Unix)]] | ||
* [[Squash (RISC OS)]] | * [[Squash (RISC OS)]] | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:Compress|Wikipedia article]] | ||
| + | [[Category:File formats with extension .z]] | ||
[[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]] | [[Category:File formats with case sensitive extensions]] | ||
| − | {{DISPLAYTITLE:compress}} | + | {{DISPLAYTITLE:compress (Unix)}} |
Revision as of 12:56, 29 February 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.
