bzip2 command in Linux with Examples
Last Updated :
22 Aug, 2019
bzip2 command in Linux is used to compress and decompress the files i.e. it helps in binding the files into a single file which takes less storage space as the original file use to take. It has a slower decompression time and higher memory use. It uses Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman Coding. Each file is replaced by a compressed version of itself, with the name original name of the file followed by extension bz2.
Syntax:
bzip2 [OPTIONS] filenames ...
Options:
Share your thoughts in the comments
Please Login to comment...