[ILUG-D] 1D1C - xz

xz - is a new general-purpose, command line data compression utility, similar to gzip and bzip2

To compress a file with xz $ xz -z file.iso

To decompress a file $ xz -d file.iso.xz $ unxz file.iso.xz

To prevent deleting of the input file $ xz -k file.iso

To force overwrite of output file and (de)compress links $ xz -kf file.iso

To make fast compression $ xz --fast file.iso

To make best compression( highest compression) $ xz --best file.iso

To set a memory usage limit for compression $ xz -k --best --memlimit-compress=15% file.iso

To run in quiet mode $ xz -k -qv file.iso

To test compressed file integrity $ xz -t file.iso.xz

To list information about .xz files $ xz -l file.iso.xz

regards, T.Dhanasekar