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bzip3

An efficient statistical file compressor.

TLDR

Compress a file

$ bzip3 [path/to/file_to_compress]
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Decompress a file
$ bzip3 -d [path/to/compressed_file.bz3]
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Decompress a file to stdout
$ bzip3 -dc [path/to/compressed_file.bz3]
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Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file
$ bzip3 --test [path/to/compressed_file.bz3]
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Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information
$ bzip3 --verbose [path/to/compressed_files.bz3]
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Decompress a file overwriting existing files
$ bzip3 --force [path/to/compressed_file.bz3]
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Display help
$ bzip3 -h
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