\\\$1\ \\$2 ..
20 \\\$1\ # \\$2 ..
5 -c # Put output on stdout instead of on file.Z
5 -d # Decompress instead of compress
5 -f # Force output even if there is no saving
5 -v # Verbose mode
20 compress <infile >outfile # Compress 1 file
20 compress x y z # Compress 3 files to x.Z, y.Z, and z.Z
20 compress -d file.Z # Decompress file.Z to file
The listed files (or stdin, if none are given) are compressed using the Ziv-Lempel algorithm. If the output is smaller than the input, the output is put on file.Z or stdout if no files are listed. If compress is linked to uncompress, the latter is the same as giving the -d flag. Similarly, a link to zcat decompresses to stdout. The \s-1MINIX 3\s-1 version of compress uses 13-bit compression. This means that when compressing files on other systems for transmission to \s-1MINIX 3\s-1, be sure that only 13-bit compression is used. On many systems, the default is 16-bit (too big).