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bzip2

List of commands for bzip2:

  • bzip2:tldr:1c774 bzip2: Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information.
    $ bzip2 --verbose ${path-to-compressed_files-bz2}
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  • bzip2:tldr:358d3 bzip2: Compress a file.
    $ bzip2 ${filename_to_compress}
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  • bzip2:tldr:47c1e bzip2: Decompress a file.
    $ bzip2 -d ${path-to-compressed_file-bz2}
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  • bzip2:tldr:9b85d bzip2: Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file.
    $ bzip2 --test ${path-to-compressed_file-bz2}
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  • bzip2:tldr:a8d4d bzip2: Decompress a file overwriting existing files.
    $ bzip2 --force ${path-to-compressed_file-bz2}
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  • bzip2:tldr:d2b12 bzip2: Display help.
    $ bzip2 -h
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  • bzip2:tldr:d7820 bzip2: Decompress a file to standard output.
    $ bzip2 -dc ${path-to-compressed_file-bz2}
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