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 using the fastest compression:

xz -0 {{file}}

• Compress a file using the best compression:

xz -9 {{file}}