Compress command output by piping to bzip2
Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?
Something along the lines of:
cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2
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Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?
Something along the lines of:
cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2
linux bash
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Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?
Something along the lines of:
cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2
linux bash
Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?
Something along the lines of:
cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2
linux bash
linux bash
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You can do this with bzip2
's -c
option:
-c --stdout
Compress or decompress to standard output.
For example:
command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2
And to decompress:
bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less
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The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.
command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2
and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.
bzless somefile.txt.bz2
Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
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You can do this with bzip2
's -c
option:
-c --stdout
Compress or decompress to standard output.
For example:
command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2
And to decompress:
bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less
add a comment |
You can do this with bzip2
's -c
option:
-c --stdout
Compress or decompress to standard output.
For example:
command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2
And to decompress:
bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less
add a comment |
You can do this with bzip2
's -c
option:
-c --stdout
Compress or decompress to standard output.
For example:
command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2
And to decompress:
bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less
You can do this with bzip2
's -c
option:
-c --stdout
Compress or decompress to standard output.
For example:
command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2
And to decompress:
bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less
answered 10 hours ago
Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton
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The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.
command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2
and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.
bzless somefile.txt.bz2
Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
add a comment |
The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.
command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2
and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.
bzless somefile.txt.bz2
Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
add a comment |
The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.
command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2
and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.
bzless somefile.txt.bz2
The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.
command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2
and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.
bzless somefile.txt.bz2
answered 10 hours ago
IainIain
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Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
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Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
– Iain
10 hours ago
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