COMPRESS(1) General Commands Manual COMPRESS(1) (NAME) compress, uncompress, zcat - (SYNOPSIS) compress [ -f ] [ -k ] [ -v ] [ -c ] [ -V ] [ -r ] [ -b bits ] [ -- ] [ name ... ] uncompress [ -f ] [ -k ] [ -v ] [ -c ] [ -V ] [ -- ] [ name ... ] zcat [ -V ] [ -- ] [ name ... ] (DESCRIPTION) compress Lempel-Ziv . .Z . . compress . compress -f . -f compress . uncompress zcat . uncompress .Z .Z . . -k compress/uncompress . -c compress/uncompress . zcat uncompress -c . zcat . zcat .Z . -r compress . compress . . -V (patchlevel) stderr . compress Lempel-Ziv <> Terry A. Welch IEEE Computer, ( ) - . . -b ( ) . bits . compress . bits compress . compress . compress . <<>> . -b uncompress bits . bits . . ( pack) (compact) . -v . -- . (DIAGNOSTICS) 0 ( ) 2 1 . Usage: compress [-dfvcVr] [-b maxbits] [file ...] . Missing maxbits maxbits -b . file: not in compressed format uncompress . file: compressed with xx bits, can only handle yy bits file bits compress . bits . file: already has .Z suffix -- no change . . file: filename too long to tack on .Z . . BSD . file already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? <> <>. uncompress: corrupt input SIGSEGV . Compression: xx.xx% . ( -v .) -- not a regular file or directory: ignored ( FIFO ) . -- has xx other links: unchanged . ln(1) . -f . -- file unchanged . . (BUGS) -b12 ( DEC PDP 80286 ) . (SEE ALSO) pack(1), compact(1) local COMPRESS(1)