tldr/pages/common/lz4.md

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# lz4
> Compress or decompress .lz4 files.
> More information: <https://github.com/lz4/lz4>.
- Compress a file:
`lz4 {{path/to/file}}`
- Decompress a file:
`lz4 -d {{file.lz4}}`
- Decompress a file and write to `stdout`:
`lz4 -dc {{file.lz4}}`
- Package and compress a directory and its contents:
`tar cvf - {{path/to/directory}} | lz4 - {{dir.tar.lz4}}`
- Decompress and unpack a directory and its contents:
`lz4 -dc {{dir.tar.lz4}} | tar -xv`
- Compress a file using the best compression:
`lz4 -9 {{path/to/file}}`