bzip2

Compress files with bzip2

low risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain
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⚠ Risks & cautions
What it does

Better compression than gzip at lower speed.

Common flags
FlagMeaning
-kKeep input file
-dDecompress
-9Best compression
Examples
bzip2 -k big.logCompress and keep the original · explain & risk-check →
Related
gzip xz tar
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Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man bzip2 for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.