xz

Compress or decompress XZ and LZMA files. More information: https://manned.org/xz.

• Compress a file using xz:

xz path/to/file

• Decompress an XZ file:

xz --decompress path/to/file.xz

• Compress a file using lzma:

xz --format=lzma path/to/file

• Decompress an LZMA file:

xz --decompress --format=lzma path/to/file.lzma

• Decompress a file and write to stdout (implies --keep):

xz --decompress --stdout path/to/file.xz

• Compress a file, but don’t delete the original:

xz --keep 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