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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-xz" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="xz.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>XZ-Utils-&xz-version;</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz">
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14 | <primary sortas="a-XZ-Utils">XZ-Utils</primary>
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15 | </indexterm>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2 role="package">
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18 | <title/>
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19 |
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20 | <para>The XZ-Utils package contains programs for compressing and
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21 | decompressing files. Compressing text files with <command>XZ-Utils</command>
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22 | yields a much better compression percentage than with the traditional
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23 | <command>gzip</command>.</para>
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24 |
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25 | </sect2>
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26 |
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27 | <sect2 role="installation">
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28 | <title>Installation of XZ-Utils</title>
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29 |
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30 | <para os="a">Prepare XZ-Utils for compilation:</para>
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31 |
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32 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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33 |
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34 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
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35 |
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36 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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37 |
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38 | <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
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39 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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40 |
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41 |
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42 | <para os="f">Install the programs:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para os="h">Move the <filename>xz</filename> binary, and several symlinks
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47 | that point to it, into the /bin directory:</para>
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48 |
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49 | <screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/{xz,lzma,lzcat,unlzma,unxz,xzcat} /bin</userinput></screen>
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50 |
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51 | <para os="j">Finally, move the shared library to a more appropriate
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52 | location, and recreate the symlink pointing to it:</para>
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53 |
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54 | <screen os="k"><userinput>mv -v /usr/lib/liblzma.so.* /lib
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55 | ln -svf ../../lib/liblzma.so.&xz-version; /usr/lib/liblzma.so</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | </sect2>
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58 |
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59 | <sect2 id="contents-xz" role="content">
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60 | <title>Contents of XZ-Utils</title>
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61 |
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62 | <segmentedlist>
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63 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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64 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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65 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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66 |
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67 | <seglistitem>
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68 | <seg>lzcat (link to xz), lzcmp (link to xzdiff), lzdiff (link to
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69 | xzdiff), lzegrep (link to xzgrep), lzfgrep (link to xzgrep), lzgrep
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70 | (link to xzgrep), lzless (link to xzless), lzma (link to xz), lzmadec,
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71 | lzmainfo, lzmore (link to xzmore), unlzma (link to xz), unxz (link to
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72 | xz), xz, xzcat (link to xz), xzcmp (link to xzdiff), xzdec, xzdiff,
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73 | xzegrep (link to xzgrep), xzfgrep (link to xzgrep), xzgrep, xzless,
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74 | and xzmore</seg>
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75 | <seg>liblzma.[a,so]</seg>
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76 | <seg>/usr/include/lzma, /usr/share/doc/xz</seg>
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77 | </seglistitem>
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78 | </segmentedlist>
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79 |
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80 | <variablelist>
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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82 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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83 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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84 |
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85 | <varlistentry id="lzcat">
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86 | <term><command>lzcat</command></term>
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87 | <listitem>
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88 | <para>Decompresses LZMA and xz files</para>
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89 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzcat">
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90 | <primary sortas="b-lzcat">lzcat</primary>
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91 | </indexterm>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | </varlistentry>
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94 |
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95 | <varlistentry id="lzcmp">
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96 | <term><command>lzcmp</command></term>
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97 | <listitem>
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98 | <para>Compares lzma compressed files</para>
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99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzcmp">
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100 | <primary sortas="b-lzcmp">lzcmp</primary>
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101 | </indexterm>
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102 | </listitem>
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103 | </varlistentry>
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104 |
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105 | <varlistentry id="lzdiff">
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106 | <term><command>lzdiff</command></term>
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107 | <listitem>
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108 | <para>Compares lzma compressed files</para>
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109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzdiff">
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110 | <primary sortas="b-lzdiff">lzdiff</primary>
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111 | </indexterm>
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112 | </listitem>
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113 | </varlistentry>
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114 |
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115 | <varlistentry id="lzegrep">
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116 | <term><command>lzegrep</command></term>
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117 | <listitem>
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118 | <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on lzma compressed files</para>
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119 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzegrep">
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120 | <primary sortas="b-lzegrep">lzegrep</primary>
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121 | </indexterm>
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122 | </listitem>
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123 | </varlistentry>
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124 |
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125 | <varlistentry id="lzfgrep">
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126 | <term><command>lzfgrep</command></term>
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127 | <listitem>
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128 | <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on lzma compressed files</para>
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129 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzfgrep">
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130 | <primary sortas="b-lzfgrep">lzfgrep</primary>
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131 | </indexterm>
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132 | </listitem>
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133 | </varlistentry>
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134 |
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135 | <varlistentry id="lzgrep">
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136 | <term><command>lzgrep</command></term>
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137 | <listitem>
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138 | <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on lzma compressed files</para>
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139 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzgrep">
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140 | <primary sortas="b-lzgrep">lzgrep</primary>
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141 | </indexterm>
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142 | </listitem>
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143 | </varlistentry>
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144 |
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145 | <varlistentry id="lzless">
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146 | <term><command>lzless</command></term>
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147 | <listitem>
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148 | <para>Runs <command>less</command> on lzma files</para>
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149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzless">
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150 | <primary sortas="b-lzless">lzless</primary>
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151 | </indexterm>
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152 | </listitem>
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153 | </varlistentry>
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154 |
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155 | <varlistentry id="lzma">
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156 | <term><command>lzma</command></term>
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157 | <listitem>
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158 | <para>Compresses lzma files</para>
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159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzma">
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160 | <primary sortas="b-lzma">lzma</primary>
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161 | </indexterm>
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162 | </listitem>
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163 | </varlistentry>
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164 |
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165 | <varlistentry id="lzmadec">
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166 | <term><command>lzmadec</command></term>
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167 | <listitem>
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168 | <para>Decompresses lzma files</para>
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169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmadec">
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170 | <primary sortas="b-lzmadec">lzmadec</primary>
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171 | </indexterm>
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172 | </listitem>
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173 | </varlistentry>
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174 |
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175 | <varlistentry id="lzmainfo">
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176 | <term><command>lzmainfo</command></term>
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177 | <listitem>
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178 | <para>Displays information stored in an .lzma file header</para>
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179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmainfo">
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180 | <primary sortas="b-lzmainfo">lzmainfo</primary>
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181 | </indexterm>
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182 | </listitem>
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183 | </varlistentry>
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184 |
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185 | <varlistentry id="lzmore">
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186 | <term><command>lzmore</command></term>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>Runs <command>more</command> on lzma files</para>
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189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmore">
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190 | <primary sortas="b-lzmore">lzmore</primary>
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191 | </indexterm>
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192 | </listitem>
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193 | </varlistentry>
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194 |
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195 | <varlistentry id="unlzma">
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196 | <term><command>unlzma</command></term>
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197 | <listitem>
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198 | <para>Uncompresses lzma files</para>
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199 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz unlzma">
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200 | <primary sortas="b-unlzma">unlzma</primary>
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201 | </indexterm>
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202 | </listitem>
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203 | </varlistentry>
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204 |
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205 | <varlistentry id="unxz">
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206 | <term><command>unxz</command></term>
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207 | <listitem>
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208 | <para>Uncompresses xz files</para>
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209 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz unxz">
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210 | <primary sortas="b-unxz">unxz</primary>
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211 | </indexterm>
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212 | </listitem>
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213 | </varlistentry>
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214 |
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215 | <varlistentry id="xz">
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216 | <term><command>xz</command></term>
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217 | <listitem>
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218 | <para>Creates xz compressed files</para>
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219 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xz">
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220 | <primary sortas="b-xz">xz</primary>
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221 | </indexterm>
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222 | </listitem>
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223 | </varlistentry>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="xzcat">
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226 | <term><command>xzcat</command></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>Decompresses xz files</para>
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229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzcat">
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230 | <primary sortas="b-xzcat">xzcat</primary>
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231 | </indexterm>
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232 | </listitem>
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233 | </varlistentry>
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234 |
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235 | <varlistentry id="xzcmp">
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236 | <term><command>xzcmp</command></term>
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>Compares xz compressed files</para>
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239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzcmp">
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240 | <primary sortas="b-xzcmp">xzcmp</primary>
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241 | </indexterm>
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242 | </listitem>
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243 | </varlistentry>
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244 |
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245 | <varlistentry id="xzdec">
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246 | <term><command>xzdec</command></term>
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247 | <listitem>
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248 | <para>Decompresses to standard output</para>
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249 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzdec">
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250 | <primary sortas="b-xzdec">xzdec</primary>
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251 | </indexterm>
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252 | </listitem>
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253 | </varlistentry>
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254 |
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255 | <varlistentry id="xzdiff">
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256 | <term><command>xzdiff</command></term>
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257 | <listitem>
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258 | <para>Compares xz compressed files</para>
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259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzdiff">
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260 | <primary sortas="b-xzdiff">xzdiff</primary>
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261 | </indexterm>
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262 | </listitem>
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263 | </varlistentry>
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264 |
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265 | <varlistentry id="xzegrep">
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266 | <term><command>xzegrep</command></term>
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267 | <listitem>
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268 | <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on xz compressed files</para>
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269 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzegrep">
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270 | <primary sortas="b-xzegrep">xzegrep</primary>
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271 | </indexterm>
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272 | </listitem>
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273 | </varlistentry>
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274 |
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275 | <varlistentry id="xzfgrep">
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276 | <term><command>xzfgrep</command></term>
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277 | <listitem>
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278 | <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on xz compressed files</para>
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279 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzfgrep">
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280 | <primary sortas="b-xzfgrep">xzfgrep</primary>
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281 | </indexterm>
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282 | </listitem>
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283 | </varlistentry>
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284 |
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285 | <varlistentry id="xzgrep">
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286 | <term><command>xzgrep</command></term>
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287 | <listitem>
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288 | <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on xz compressed files</para>
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289 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzgrep">
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290 | <primary sortas="b-xzgrep">xzgrep</primary>
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291 | </indexterm>
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292 | </listitem>
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293 | </varlistentry>
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294 |
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295 | <varlistentry id="xzless">
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296 | <term><command>xzless</command></term>
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297 | <listitem>
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298 | <para>Runs <command>less</command> on xz files</para>
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299 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzless">
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300 | <primary sortas="b-xzless">xzless</primary>
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301 | </indexterm>
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302 | </listitem>
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303 | </varlistentry>
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304 |
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305 | <varlistentry id="xzmore">
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306 | <term><command>xzmore</command></term>
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307 | <listitem>
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308 | <para>Runs <command>more</command> on xz files</para>
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309 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzmore">
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310 | <primary sortas="b-xzmore">xzmore</primary>
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311 | </indexterm>
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312 | </listitem>
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313 | </varlistentry>
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314 |
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315 | <varlistentry id="liblzma">
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316 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">liblzma</filename></term>
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317 | <listitem>
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318 | <para>The LZMA library</para>
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319 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz liblzma">
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320 | <primary sortas="c-liblzma">liblzma</primary>
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321 | </indexterm>
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322 | </listitem>
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323 | </varlistentry>
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324 |
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325 | </variablelist>
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326 |
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327 | </sect2>
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328 |
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329 | </sect1>
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