# bzip2

> A block-sorting file compressor.
> More information: <http://bzip.org>.

- Compress a file:

`bzip2 {{path/to/file_to_compress}}`

- Decompress a file:

`bzip2 -d {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}`

- Decompress a file to standard output:

`bzip2 -dc {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}`