lzop Command Examples

Compress or decompress files with LZO compression. More information: https://www.lzop.org/.

• Compress a file into a new file with the .lzo suffix:

lzop {{path/to/file}}

• Decompress a file:

lzop {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{path/to/file.lzo}}

• Compress a file, while specifying the compression level. 0 = Worst, 9 = Best (Default level is 3):

lzop -{{level}} {{path/to/file}}

• Compress a file with the best compression level:

lzop {{[-9|--best]}} {{[path/to/file]}}

• Compress a file with the fastest compression level:

lzop {{[-1|--fast]}} {{[path/to/file]}}