bzip3 Command Examples

An efficient statistical file compressor. More information: https://manned.org/bzip3.

• Compress a file:

bzip3 {{path/to/file_to_compress}}

• Decompress a file:

bzip3 {{[-d|--decode]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz3}}

• Decompress a file to stdout:

bzip3 {{[-dc|--decode --stdout]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz3}}

• Test the integrity of each file inside the archive file:

bzip3 {{[-t|--test]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz3}}

• Show the compression ratio for each file processed with detailed information:

bzip3 {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/compressed_files.bz3}}

• Decompress a file overwriting existing files:

bzip3 {{[-d|--decode]}} {{[-f--force]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.bz3}}

• Display help:

bzip3 {{[-h|--help]}}