bzip2

File compression with bzip2

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Verified: 2026-06-03

Syntax

$bzip2 [options] [file]

Optionen

-d Decompress

-k Keep original file

-9 Maximum compression

Examples

$bzip2 file.txt

$bzip2 -d file.txt.bz2

$bzip2 -k file.txt