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upx — Compress or decompress executables. More information: <https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/devel/doc/upx

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How to use the upx command: Compress or decompress executables. More information: <https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/devel/doc/upx.pod>.

upx — Compress or decompress executables. More information: <https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/devel/doc/upx.pod>.

Compress executable:

upx {{path/to/file}}

Decompress executable:

upx -d {{path/to/file}}

Display help:

upx --help

Compress executable

upx {{path/to/file}}

Decompress executable

upx -d {{path/to/file}}

Display help

upx --help

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