bzip3

An efficient statistical file compressor. More information: https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3.

• Compress a file:

bzip3 path/to/file_to_compress

• decompress a file:

bzip3 -d path/to/compressed_file.bz3

• Decompress a file to stdout ([c]):

bzip3 -dc path/to/compressed_file.bz3

• Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file:

bzip3 --test path/to/compressed_file.bz3

• Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information:

bzip3 --verbose path/to/compressed_files.bz3

• Decompress a file overwriting existing files:

bzip3 -d --force path/to/compressed_file.bz3

• Display help:

bzip3 -h