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xz: Avoid the abbreviation "e.g." on the man page.
A few are simply omitted, most are converted to "for example" and surrounded with commas. Sounds like that this is better style, for example, man-pages(7) recommends avoiding such abbreviations except in parenthesis. Thanks to Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
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.TH XZ 1 "2020-03-23" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
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.TH XZ 1 "2020-11-01" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
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.
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.
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.SH NAME
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.SH NAME
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xz, unxz, xzcat, lzma, unlzma, lzcat \- Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files
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xz, unxz, xzcat, lzma, unlzma, lzcat \- Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files
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has a built-in memory usage limiter, which is disabled by default.
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has a built-in memory usage limiter, which is disabled by default.
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While some operating systems provide ways to limit
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While some operating systems provide ways to limit
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the memory usage of processes, relying on it
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the memory usage of processes, relying on it
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wasn't deemed to be flexible enough (e.g. using
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wasn't deemed to be flexible enough (for example, using
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.BR ulimit (1)
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.BR ulimit (1)
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to limit virtual memory tends to cripple
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to limit virtual memory tends to cripple
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.BR mmap (2)).
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.BR mmap (2)).
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Often it is more convenient to enable the limiter
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Often it is more convenient to enable the limiter
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by default by setting the environment variable
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by default by setting the environment variable
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.BR XZ_DEFAULTS ,
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.BR XZ_DEFAULTS ,
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e.g.\&
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for example,
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.BR XZ_DEFAULTS=\-\-memlimit=150MiB .
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.BR XZ_DEFAULTS=\-\-memlimit=150MiB .
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It is possible to set the limits separately
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It is possible to set the limits separately
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for compression and decompression
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for compression and decompression
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or \fB\-\-no\-adjust\fR).
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or \fB\-\-no\-adjust\fR).
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This way the operation won't fail unless the limit is very small.
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This way the operation won't fail unless the limit is very small.
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The scaling of the settings is done in steps that don't
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The scaling of the settings is done in steps that don't
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match the compression level presets, e.g. if the limit is
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match the compression level presets, for example, if the limit is
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only slightly less than the amount required for
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only slightly less than the amount required for
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.BR "xz \-9" ,
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.BR "xz \-9" ,
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the settings will be scaled down only a little,
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the settings will be scaled down only a little,
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or after the last part.
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or after the last part.
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The padding must consist of null bytes and the size
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The padding must consist of null bytes and the size
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of the padding must be a multiple of four bytes.
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of the padding must be a multiple of four bytes.
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This can be useful e.g. if the
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This can be useful, for example, if the
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.B .xz
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.B .xz
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file is stored on a medium that measures file sizes
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file is stored on a medium that measures file sizes
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in 512-byte blocks.
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in 512-byte blocks.
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twice, but note that this may be slow, because getting all the extra
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twice, but note that this may be slow, because getting all the extra
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information requires many seeks.
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information requires many seeks.
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The width of verbose output exceeds
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The width of verbose output exceeds
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80 characters, so piping the output to e.g.\&
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80 characters, so piping the output to, for example,
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.B "less\ \-S"
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.B "less\ \-S"
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may be convenient if the terminal isn't wide enough.
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may be convenient if the terminal isn't wide enough.
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.IP ""
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.IP ""
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decompressor memory usage reasonable even for old systems.
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decompressor memory usage reasonable even for old systems.
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.B \-6
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.B \-6
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is the default, which is usually a good choice
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is the default, which is usually a good choice
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e.g. for distributing files that need to be decompressible
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for distributing files that need to be decompressible
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even on systems with only 16\ MiB RAM.
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even on systems with only 16\ MiB RAM.
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.RB ( \-5e
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.RB ( \-5e
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or
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or
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.I lc
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.I lc
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bits of the previous uncompressed byte correlate
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bits of the previous uncompressed byte correlate
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with the next byte.
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with the next byte.
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E.g. in typical English text, an upper-case letter is
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For example, in typical English text, an upper-case letter is
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often followed by a lower-case letter, and a lower-case
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often followed by a lower-case letter, and a lower-case
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letter is usually followed by another lower-case letter.
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letter is usually followed by another lower-case letter.
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In the US-ASCII character set, the highest three bits are 010
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In the US-ASCII character set, the highest three bits are 010
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.BR lc=4 .
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.BR lc=4 .
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Sometimes it helps a little, and
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Sometimes it helps a little, and
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sometimes it makes compression worse.
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sometimes it makes compression worse.
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If it makes it worse, test e.g.\&
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If it makes it worse, test
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.B lc=2
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.B lc=2
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too.
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too.
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.TP
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.TP
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When the alignment is known, setting
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When the alignment is known, setting
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.I pb
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.I pb
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accordingly may reduce the file size a little.
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accordingly may reduce the file size a little.
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E.g. with text files having one-byte
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For example, with text files having one-byte
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alignment (US-ASCII, ISO-8859-*, UTF-8), setting
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alignment (US-ASCII, ISO-8859-*, UTF-8), setting
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.B pb=0
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.B pb=0
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can improve compression slightly.
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can improve compression slightly.
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.RS
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.RS
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.IP \(bu 3
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.IP \(bu 3
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Some types of files containing executable code
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Some types of files containing executable code
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(e.g. object files, static libraries, and Linux kernel modules)
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(for example, object files, static libraries, and Linux kernel modules)
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have the addresses in the instructions filled with filler values.
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have the addresses in the instructions filled with filler values.
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These BCJ filters will still do the address conversion,
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These BCJ filters will still do the address conversion,
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which will make the compression worse with these files.
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which will make the compression worse with these files.
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in the filter chain.
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in the filter chain.
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.IP ""
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.IP ""
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Currently only simple byte-wise delta calculation is supported.
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Currently only simple byte-wise delta calculation is supported.
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It can be useful when compressing e.g. uncompressed bitmap images
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It can be useful when compressing, for example, uncompressed bitmap images
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or uncompressed PCM audio.
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or uncompressed PCM audio.
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However, special purpose algorithms may give significantly better
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However, special purpose algorithms may give significantly better
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results than Delta + LZMA2.
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results than Delta + LZMA2.
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This is true especially with audio,
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This is true especially with audio,
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which compresses faster and better e.g. with
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which compresses faster and better, for example, with
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.BR flac (1).
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.BR flac (1).
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.IP ""
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.IP ""
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Supported
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Supported
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.B xz
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.B xz
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started processing the file.
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started processing the file.
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The time is shown in a less precise format which
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The time is shown in a less precise format which
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never has any colons, e.g. 2 min 30 s.
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never has any colons, for example, 2 min 30 s.
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.RE
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.RE
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.IP ""
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.IP ""
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decompressing the file.
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decompressing the file.
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The speed and elapsed time are included only when
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The speed and elapsed time are included only when
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the operation took at least a few seconds.
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the operation took at least a few seconds.
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If the operation didn't finish, e.g. due to user interruption,
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If the operation didn't finish, for example, due to user interruption,
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also the completion percentage is printed
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also the completion percentage is printed
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if the size of the input file is known.
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if the size of the input file is known.
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.TP
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.TP
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.IP 5. 4
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.IP 5. 4
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Uncompressed size of the file
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Uncompressed size of the file
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.IP 6. 4
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.IP 6. 4
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Compression ratio, for example
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Compression ratio, for example,
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.BR 0.123 .
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.BR 0.123 .
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If ratio is over 9.999, three dashes
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If ratio is over 9.999, three dashes
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.RB ( \-\-\- )
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when it is not possible to set the options directly on the
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when it is not possible to set the options directly on the
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.B xz
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.B xz
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command line.
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command line.
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This is the case e.g. when
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This is the case when
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.B xz
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.B xz
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is run by a script or tool, e.g. GNU
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.BR tar (1):
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.BR tar (1):
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.RS
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.RS
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.RS
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.RS
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.RE
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.IP ""
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.IP ""
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Scripts may use
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.B XZ_OPT
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.BR XZ_OPT ,
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.B XZ_OPT
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.B XZ_OPT
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.BR sh (1)
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.BR sh (1)
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scripts one may use something like this:
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scripts one may use something like this:
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.RS
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.RS
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which is the case for example in pipes.
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.PP
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.PP
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.B xz
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.B \-4e
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.B \-4e
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.BR \-6 ,
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.BR \-6 ,
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.RE
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.B "xz \-8"
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.B "xz \-8"
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.PP
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.PP
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