Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME xzmore, lzmore – view xz or lzma compressed (text) files SYNOPSIS xzmore [file…] lzmore [file…] DESCRIPTION xzmore is a filter which allows examination of xz(1) or lzma(1) compressed text files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. To use a pager other than the default more, set environment variable PAGER to the…
NAME lzmainfo – show information stored in the .lzma file header SYNOPSIS lzmainfo [–help] [–version] [file…] DESCRIPTION lzmainfo shows information stored in the .lzma file header. It reads the first 13 bytes from the specified file, decodes the header, and prints it to standard output in human readable format. If no files are given or…
NAME xz, unxz, xzcat, lzma, unlzma, lzcat – Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files SYNOPSIS xz [option…] [file…] COMMAND ALIASES unxz is equivalent to xz –decompress. xzcat is equivalent to xz –decompress –stdout. lzma is equivalent to xz –format=lzma. unlzma is equivalent to xz –format=lzma –decompress. lzcat is equivalent to xz –format=lzma –decompress –stdout….
NAME xzless, lzless – view xz or lzma compressed (text) files SYNOPSIS xzless [file…] lzless [file…] DESCRIPTION xzless is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a terminal. It works on files compressed with xz(1) or lzma(1). If no files are given, xzless reads from standard input. xzless uses less(1) to present its…
NAME lziprecover – recovers data from damaged lzip files SYNOPSIS lziprecover [,options/] [,files/] DESCRIPTION Lziprecover – Data recovery tool and decompressor for the lzip format. Lziprecover can repair perfectly most files with small errors (up to one single-byte error per member), without the need of any extra redundance at all. Losing an entire archive just…
NAME lzip – reduces the size of files SYNOPSIS lzip [,options/] [,files/] DESCRIPTION Lzip – LZMA lossless data compressor. OPTIONS -h, –help display this help and exit -V, –version output version information and exit -a, –trailing-error exit with error status if trailing data -b, –member-size=<bytes> set member size limit in bytes -c, –stdout write to…
NAME xzgrep – search compressed files for a regular expression SYNOPSIS xzgrep [grep_options] [-e] pattern file… xzegrep … xzfgrep … lzgrep … lzegrep … lzfgrep … DESCRIPTION xzgrep invokes grep(1) on files which may be either uncompressed or compressed with xz(1), lzma(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzop(1), or zstd(1). All options specified are passed directly to grep(1)….
NAME xzgrep – search compressed files for a regular expression SYNOPSIS xzgrep [grep_options] [-e] pattern file… xzegrep … xzfgrep … lzgrep … lzegrep … lzfgrep … DESCRIPTION xzgrep invokes grep(1) on files which may be either uncompressed or compressed with xz(1), lzma(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzop(1), or zstd(1). All options specified are passed directly to grep(1)….
NAME xzgrep – search compressed files for a regular expression SYNOPSIS xzgrep [grep_options] [-e] pattern file… xzegrep … xzfgrep … lzgrep … lzegrep … lzfgrep … DESCRIPTION xzgrep invokes grep(1) on files which may be either uncompressed or compressed with xz(1), lzma(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzop(1), or zstd(1). All options specified are passed directly to grep(1)….
NAME xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff – compare compressed files SYNOPSIS xzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2] xzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2] lzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2] lzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2] DESCRIPTION xzcmp and xzdiff invoke cmp(1) or diff(1) on files compressed with xz(1), lzma(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), or lzop(1). All options specified are passed directly to cmp(1) or diff(1). If…
NAME xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff – compare compressed files SYNOPSIS xzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2] xzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2] lzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2] lzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2] DESCRIPTION xzcmp and xzdiff invoke cmp(1) or diff(1) on files compressed with xz(1), lzma(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), or lzop(1). All options specified are passed directly to cmp(1) or diff(1). If…
NAME xz, unxz, xzcat, lzma, unlzma, lzcat – Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files SYNOPSIS xz [option…] [file…] COMMAND ALIASES unxz is equivalent to xz –decompress. xzcat is equivalent to xz –decompress –stdout. lzma is equivalent to xz –format=lzma. unlzma is equivalent to xz –format=lzma –decompress. lzcat is equivalent to xz –format=lzma –decompress –stdout….
NAME lz4 – lz4, unlz4, lz4cat – Compress or decompress .lz4 files SYNOPSIS lz4 [OPTIONS] [-|INPUT-FILE] OUTPUT-FILE unlz4 is equivalent to lz4 -d lz4cat is equivalent to lz4 -dcfm When writing scripts that need to decompress files, it is recommended to always use the name lz4 with appropriate arguments (lz4 -d or lz4 -dc) instead…
NAME lz4 – lz4, unlz4, lz4cat – Compress or decompress .lz4 files SYNOPSIS lz4 [OPTIONS] [-|INPUT-FILE] OUTPUT-FILE unlz4 is equivalent to lz4 -d lz4cat is equivalent to lz4 -dcfm When writing scripts that need to decompress files, it is recommended to always use the name lz4 with appropriate arguments (lz4 -d or lz4 -dc) instead…
NAME lz4_decompress – decompress mysqlpump LZ4-compressed output SYNOPSIS lz4_decompress input_fileoutput_file DESCRIPTION The lz4_decompress utility decompresses mysqlpump output that was created using LZ4 compression. lz4_decompress was added in MySQL 5.7.10. Invoke lz4_decompress like this: shell> lz4_decompress input_fileoutput_file Example: shell> mysqlpump –compress-output=LZ4 > dump.lz4 shell> lz4_decompress dump.lz4 dump.txt To see a help message, invoke lz4_decompress with no…
NAME lz4 – lz4, unlz4, lz4cat – Compress or decompress .lz4 files SYNOPSIS lz4 [OPTIONS] [-|INPUT-FILE] OUTPUT-FILE unlz4 is equivalent to lz4 -d lz4cat is equivalent to lz4 -dcfm When writing scripts that need to decompress files, it is recommended to always use the name lz4 with appropriate arguments (lz4 -d or lz4 -dc) instead…
NAME lz – gunzips and shows a listing of a gzip’d tar’d archive SYNOPSIS lz file DESCRIPTION lz provides a listing of a gzip’d tar’d archive, that is a tar(1) archive compressed with the gzip(1) utility. It is not strictly necessary on Debian GNU/Linux, because the GNU tar(1) program provides the same capability with the…
NAME lyxclient – send commands to a running LyX editor SYNOPSIS lyxclient [ options ] DESCRIPTION When LyX starts, it creates a unique, per-process local socket in the temporary directory through which commands can be sent. That is, it can act like a server, accepting connections from clients. lyxclient can be used as such client….
NAME LyX – A Document Processor SYNOPSIS lyx [ command-line switches ] [ name[.lyx] … ] DESCRIPTION LyX is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page format. If your system is properly configured, you can access the full documentation within LyX under the Help menu. LyX is a document preparation system. It…
NAME lynx – a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web SYNOPSIS lynx [options] [optional paths or URLs] lynx [options] [path or URL] -get_data data — lynx [options] [path or URL] -post_data data — Use “lynx -help” to display a complete list of current options. DESCRIPTION Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide…