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File compression with bzip2

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Syntax
$bzip2 [options] [file]
Optionen
-d Decompress
-k Keep original file
-9 Maximum compression
Examples
Examples
$bzip2 file.txt
Examples
$bzip2 -d file.txt.bz2
Examples
$bzip2 -k file.txt
See also
bunzip2 bzcat
Alternatives
gzip xz
Typical use cases
Compress
bzip2 file.txt
Decompress
bzip2 -d file.txt.bz2
Note Strong compression.
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