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Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?

Something along the lines of:

cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2

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Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?

Something along the lines of:

cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2

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Is it possible to pipe a command output to bzip2 for compression to an output file?

Something along the lines of:

cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2

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cat somefile.txt | bzip2 --output somefile.txt.bz2

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You can do this with bzip2's -c option:

       -c --stdout

              Compress or decompress to standard output.

For example:

command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2

And to decompress:

bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less

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The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.

command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2

and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.

bzless somefile.txt.bz2

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You can do this with bzip2's -c option:

       -c --stdout

              Compress or decompress to standard output.

For example:

command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2

And to decompress:

bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton

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You can do this with bzip2's -c option:

       -c --stdout

              Compress or decompress to standard output.

For example:

command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2

And to decompress:

bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton

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You can do this with bzip2's -c option:

       -c --stdout

              Compress or decompress to standard output.

For example:

command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2

And to decompress:

bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton

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       -c --stdout

              Compress or decompress to standard output.

command | bzip2 -c > some.txt.bz2

bzip2 -dc < some.txt.bz2 | less

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton

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answered 1 hour ago

Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton

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answered 1 hour ago

Michael Hampton♦Michael Hampton

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The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.

command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2

and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.

bzless somefile.txt.bz2

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

IainIain

105k13164258

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
  
  – Iain
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.

command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2

and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.

bzless somefile.txt.bz2

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

IainIain

105k13164258

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Strangely the documentation is pretty good for bzip2.
  
  – Iain
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

The bzip2 utility will compress stdin but won't write it to stdout if stdout is a terminal. You can though use standard output redirection techniques.

command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2

and to read it the usual tools are available e.g.

bzless somefile.txt.bz2

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

IainIain

105k13164258

command | bzip2 >somefile.txt.bz2

bzless somefile.txt.bz2

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

IainIain

105k13164258

answered 1 hour ago

IainIain

105k13164258

answered 1 hour ago

IainIain

105k13164258