tldr/pages/common/xz.md

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 {{path/to/file}}

• Decompress a xz file:

xz -d {{file.xz}}

• Compress a file to the LZMA file format:

xz --format={{lzma}} {{path/to/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 {{path/to/file}}

• Compress a file using the fastest compression:

xz -0 {{path/to/file}}

• Compress a file using the best compression:

xz -9 {{path/to/file}}