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bzip2 — A block-sorting file compressor. See also: `bzcat`, `bunzip2`, `bzip2recover`. More information: <ht

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Problem

How to use the bzip2 command: A block-sorting file compressor. See also: bzcat, bunzip2, bzip2recover. More information: <https://manned.org/bzip2>.

Solution

bzip2 — A block-sorting file compressor. See also: bzcat, bunzip2, bzip2recover. More information: <https://manned.org/bzip2>.

Compress a file:

bzip2 {{path/to/file_to_compress}}

Decompress a file:

bzip2 {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Decompress a file to stdout:

bzip2 {{[-dc|--decompress --stdout]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file:

bzip2 {{[-t|--test]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information:

bzip2 {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/compressed_files.bz2}}

Decompress a file overwriting existing files:

bzip2 {{[-f|--force]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Display help:

bzip2 {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Compress a file

bzip2 {{path/to/file_to_compress}}

Decompress a file

bzip2 {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Decompress a file to `stdout`

bzip2 {{[-dc|--decompress --stdout]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file

bzip2 {{[-t|--test]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information

bzip2 {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/compressed_files.bz2}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/bzip2

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