Actions: Compress
compress-xz
Input: stream
Output: stream
Unaction: yes
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Optional |
---|---|---|---|
compressionLevel |
ìnt |
Compression level from 0 to 9 (default 6) | Yes |
extraCompression |
bool |
Enables the extra compression mode (-e ) |
Yes |
cpus |
int |
Uses this amount of cores to compress the data | Yes |
Description
Compresses the input stream using xz
utility. If the compression level increases, more resources will be used to compress and more compressed the file should result (it may not compress any further if increasing it to 9). The extra compression mode uses even more resources to try to compress more (it does not affect decompression).
This compression algorithm uses huge amount of CPU and the result is usually better than the rest of algorithms listed here, but it may not be worth the CPU usage with the result if the files are text.
Warning
Requires xz
to be installed in the system. In most distros it is included by default. On macOS, you should install it via brew install xz
.
Example
Compresses a file using xz
compress-gz
Input: stream
Output: stream
Unaction: yes
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Optional |
---|---|---|---|
compressionLevel |
ìnt |
Compression level from 1 to 9 (default 6) | Yes |
Description
Compresses the input stream using gzip
utility. If the compression level increases, more resources will be used to compress and more compressed the file should result (it may not compress any further if increasing it to 9).
This compression algorithm is rather fast and good-balanced in resources consumption. It may not be really good compressing binary files.
Warning
Requires gzip
to be installed in the system. In most distros and in macOS it is included by default.
Example
Compresses a file using gzip
compress-bz2
Input: stream
Output: stream
Unaction: yes
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Optional |
---|---|---|---|
compressionLevel |
ìnt |
Compression level from 1 to 9 (default 6) | Yes |
Description
Compresses the input stream using bzip2
utility. If the compression level increases, more resources will be used to compress and more compressed the file should result (it may not compress any further if increasing it to 9).
This compression algorithm is rather fast and good-balanced in resources consumption (is similar to gzip
).
Warning
Requires bzip2
to be installed in the system. In most distros and in macOS it is included by default.
Example
Compresses a file using bzip2
compress-br
Input: stream
Output: stream
Unaction: yes
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Optional |
---|---|---|---|
compressionLevel |
ìnt |
Compression level from 1 to 9 (default 6) | Yes |
Description
Compresses the input stream using brotli
utility. If the compression level increases, more resources will be used to compress and more compressed the file should result (it may not compress any further if increasing it to 9).
This compression algorithm is fast and good-balanced in resources consumption. Can be used as a fast compression algorithm for text and binary files.
Warning
Requires brotli
to be installed in the system. On Debian-based distros use apt install brotli
, on Arch-based distros use pacman -S brotli
, on macOS use brew install brotli
.
Example
Compresses a file using brotli
compress-zst
Input: stream
Output: stream
Unaction: yes
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Optional |
---|---|---|---|
compressionLevel |
ìnt |
Compression level from 1 to 19 (default 3) | Yes |
cpus |
int |
Uses this amount of cores to compress the data | Yes |
Description
Compresses the input stream using zstd
utility. If the compression level increases, more resources will be used to compress and more compressed the file should result (it may not compress any further if increasing it to 19).
This compression algorithm is blazing fast and good in compression (similar to xz
but faster). Can be used as a fast compression algorithm for text and binary files.
Warning
Requires zstd
to be installed in the system. On Debian-based distros use apt install zstd
, on Arch-based distros use pacman -S zstd
, on macOS use brew install zstd
.