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# xz
> Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files.
- Compress a file:
`xz {{file}}`
- Decompress a file:
`xz -d {{file.xz}}`
- 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 and attempt to improve compression ratio by using more CPU time:
`xz -e {{file}}`