lezip

lezip is a command-line compressor/decompressor using LZ4 frame format.

Features:

• Streaming compression/decompression (small memory usage)
• Pack/unpack directories into a tar archive and compress it
• Read/write from stdin/stdout using -

Commands and examples

• Compress a single file (creates file.txt.lez):

lezip compress file.txt

• Decompress a single file (writes file.txt if possible):

lezip decompress file.txt.lez

• Pack a directory into a compressed tar archive (creates dir.tar.lez):

lezip pack myfolder

• Unpack an archive into the current directory:

lezip unpack myfolder.tar.lez

• Use stdin/stdout with - (pipe-friendly):

cat file.txt | lezip compress - -o - > file.txt.lez
cat file.txt.lez | lezip decompress - -o - > file.txt

# pack/unpack over pipes
tar cf - myfolder | lezip pack - -o - > myfolder.tar.lez
cat myfolder.tar.lez | lezip unpack - -o - | tar xf -

Download precompiled linux version executable from realeases

And add it to your PATH

Notes

• pack creates a tar archive and writes it through LZ4 frame encoder.
• unpack reads an LZ4-framed tar archive and extracts files.
• Using - for input/output allows chaining with other Unix utilities.