NAME

prezip, preunzip, precat – prefix delta compressor for Aspell  

SYNOPSIS

precat [-dzhLV] [-cfksSq] [file …]  

DESCRIPTION

prezip is a a prefix delta compressor. It is not a general purpose compressor and should only be used on sorted word lists or other similar text files. It will likely increase the size of binary data.

If invoked as prezip, the default action is to compress. If invoked as preunzip, the default action is to decompress. If invoked as precat, the default action is to decompress to stdout.

If no file names are given then prezip will compress or decompress from the standard input to the standard output. Short flags can be combined so that "-c -s" is the same as "-cs".  

OPTIONS

-h –help
display help
-d –decompress
force decompression
-z –compress
dorce compression
-L –license
display software license
-V –version
display version
-c –stdout
decompress to standard output
-f –force
force
-k –keep
keep input files
-s –sort
sort and remove duplicates before compressing
-S –nocwl
do not rename .wl suffix to .cwl (use .wl.pz instead)
-q –quiet
suppress all warnings
 

Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.