PREZIP(1)

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version 0.60.8.2 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PREZIP 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about prezip, preunzip, and precat — the prefix delta compressor for Aspell. yeah. it's giving niche. it's giving icon. let's go 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

precat [-dzhLV] [-cfksSq] [file ...]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, prezip is a prefix delta compressor. and before you get any ideas — no, it is not a general purpose compressor, okay?? it is specifically for sorted word lists or other similar text files. if you feed it binary data it will very likely make the file BIGGER, which is honestly so embarrassing for everyone involved 😭. so don't.

here's the cute part — it changes its whole personality based on what you call it:

  • if you invoke it as prezip, the default action is to compress. ✨
  • if you invoke it as preunzip, the default action is to decompress. 🦋
  • if you invoke it as precat, the default action is to decompress to stdout. 💅

and if you give it no file names at all? it just vibes with the standard input and sends everything to the standard output, compressing or decompressing as needed. no cap.

oh and also — short flags can be combined!! so -c -s is literally the exact same thing as -cs. slay. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — display help. the classic. the goat. ask and you shall receive 🫶
  • -d, --decompress — force decompression. do it. force it. no thoughts, just unzip 💖
  • -z, --compress — dorce compression. (yes, "dorce". that's what it says. it's iconic, we don't fix it, we respect it 🙈) anyway — force compression ✨
  • -L, --license — display software license. the legal tea ☕
  • -V, --version — display version. know your queen's number 👑
  • -c, --stdout — decompress to standard output. straight to your terminal, no middleman 🌈
  • -f, --force — force. that's it. that's the whole description. main character energy fr fr 💅
  • -k, --keep — keep input files. don't be a deleter, be a keeper 🥺
  • -s, --sort — sort and remove duplicates before compressing. like cleaning your room before guests arrive, lowkey essential 🌸
  • -S, --nocwl — do not rename .wl suffix to .cwl (use .wl.pz instead). the name stays, the extension gets a little friend ✨
  • -q, --quiet — suppress all warnings. not me ignoring my problems 🙈💀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> based on the output of help2man. and Aspell is Copyright © 2002–2025 Kevin Atkinson. we stan both, honestly 🫶

okay that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every file, every vibe, all preserved 💖

GNU · March 2010 · PREZIP(1) — and that's the sign-off, mwah 😘✨

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