Linux compression command utilities

3.  bzip2 

Format for zipping the files: bzip2

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[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# bzip2 test1.txt test2.txt test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt.bz2
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt.bz2
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt.bz2

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Format for BUNzipping the files: bunzip2 .bz2

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[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt.bz2
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt.bz2
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt.bz2
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# bunzip2 test1.txt.bz2
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt.bz2
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 66 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt.bz2
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# bunzip2 test2.txt.bz2 test3.txt.bz2
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]# ll
total 12
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test1.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:02 test2.txt
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 221 Jun 14 09:03 test3.txt
[root@kalwa2 zip_test]#

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