compress

Compress files using the Unix compress command. More information: https://manned.org/compress.1.

• Compress specific files:

compress path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

• Compress specific files, ignore non-existent ones:

compress -f path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

• Specify the maximum compression bits (9-16 bits):

compress -b bits

• Write to stdout (no files are changed):

compress -c path/to/file

• Decompress files (functions like uncompress):

compress -d path/to/file

• Display compression percentage:

compress -v path/to/file