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Enter a command. For example: atq, file, jmap, ng, git show branch.

xz

Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files. More information: https://tukaani.org/xz/format.html.

• Compress a file to the xz file format:
   
  xz {{file}}
   
• Decompress a xz file:
   
  xz -d {{file.xz}}
   
• Compress a file to the LZMA file format:
   
  xz --format={{lzma}} {{file}}
   
• Decompress an LZMA file:
   
  xz -d --format={{lzma}} {{file.lzma}}
   
• Decompress a file and write to stdout:
   
  xz -dc {{file.xz}}
   
• Compress a file, but don't delete the original:
   
  xz -k {{file}}
   
• Compress a file using the fastest compression:
   
  xz -0 {{file}}
   
• Compress a file using the best compression:
   
  xz -9 {{file}}