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Which compression is best in Linux?
Scenario
- gzip file compression. The gzip tool is most popular and fast file compression utility in Linux. …
- lzma file compression. …
- xz file compression. …
- bzip2 file compression. …
- pax file compression. …
- Peazip file compressor. …
- 7zip file compressor. …
- shar file compression.
Which compression method is best?
And the Winner Is…
If you want to compress something to use as little space as possible, you should definitely use 7z. You can even crank up the compression settings to save even more space, although it will take longer to compress and decompress. Overall, Zip and RAR came pretty close to each other.
