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Compression Commands

xz Linux Command

Compresses files using the xz (LZMA2) algorithm — very high compression ratio.

What does xz do?

Compresses files using the xz (LZMA2) algorithm — very high compression ratio.

Syntax

xz filename

Practical example

xz largefile.txt

Related Compression Commands

unzip

Extracts files from a ZIP archive.

unxz

Decompresses a .xz file back to its original form.

zip

Creates a compressed ZIP archive of files and directories.

7z

High-compression archiver supporting many formats (7z, zip, rar, tar, etc.).

bunzip2

Decompresses a .bz2 file back to its original form.

tar

Archives multiple files into a single tarball. Use -czf to compress with gzip.