Commands
compress
[ -f ] [ -v ] [ -c ] [ -V ] [ -r ] [ -b bits] [name …]
uncompress
[ -f ] [ -v ] [ -c ] [ -V ] [ name …]
Compress makes files smaller via adaptive Lempel-Ziv encoding, uncompress (and zcat) reverse the effects of compress. Usually the resultant files are replaced with a similarly named file with a .Z extension. Access permissions, ownership, and modification times are retained.
Example: To compress the file bigfile.txt, use
compress bigfile.txt
| -c | Send results to standard output without changing the files |
| -r | Recursive operation. Compress the contents of any directories found |
| -V | Display version information |
| -b | bits encoding |
| -v | Verbose operation |
cpio
{-o|--create} [-0acvABLV] [-C bytes] [-H format] [-M message] [-O [[user@]host: ...
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