xz

File compression with xz.

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Verified: 2026-06-03

Syntax

$xz [options] [file]

Optionen

-d Decompress

-k Keep original file

-9 Maximum compression

Examples

$xz file.txt

$xz -d file.txt.xz

$xz -k file.txt