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pages/*: add backticks around I/O streams (#10436) 
* as suggested in #10428
* standard input  => `stdin`
* standard output => `stdout`
* standard error  => `stderr`

Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>
2023-08-09 10:59:02 +05:30

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bzip2

A block-sorting file compressor. More information: https://manned.org/bzip2.

  • Compress a file:

bzip2 {{path/to/file_to_compress}}

  • Decompress a file:

bzip2 -d {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

  • Decompress a file to stdout:

bzip2 -dc {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

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

bzip2 --test {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

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

bzip2 --verbose {{path/to/compressed_files.bz2}}

  • Decompress a file overwriting existing files:

bzip2 --force {{path/to/compressed_file.bz2}}

  • Display help:

bzip2 -h