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Ouch!
ouch stands for Obvious Unified Compression Helper, and works on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
It is a CLI tool to compress and decompress files that aims to be easy to use.
Usage
Decompressing
Run ouch and pass compressed files as arguments.
# Decompress 'a.zip'
ouch a.zip
# Decompress multiple files
ouch a.zip b.tar.gz
You can redirect the decompression results to a folder with the -o/--output flag.
# Create 'pictures' folder and decompress inside of it
ouch 1.tar.gz 2.tar.gz -o pictures
Compressing
Use the compress subcommand.
Accepts multiple files and folders, the last argument shall be the output file.
# Compress four files into 'archive.zip'
ouch compress 1 2 3 4 archive.zip
# Compress folder and video into 'videos.tar.gz'
ouch compress videos/ meme.mp4 videos.tar.gz
# Compress one file using 4 compression formats
ouch compress file.txt compressed.gz.xz.bz.zst
# Compress all the files in current folder
ouch compress * files.zip
ouch checks for the extensions of the output file to decide which formats should be used.
Check the list of all file extensions supported.
Installation
Downloading the latest binary
WARNING: SCRIPT TEMPORARILY DISABLED.
This script downloads the latest binary and copies it to /usr/bin.
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vrmiguel/ouch/master/install.sh | sh
Installing from source code
For compiling, check the wiki guide.
Supported formats
| .tar | .zip | .bz, .bz2 | .gz | .xz, .lz, .lzma | .7z | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decompression | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Compression | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Note that formats can be chained:
.tar.gz.tar.xz.tar.gz.xz.tar.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.gz.lz.lz.lz.lz.lz.lz.lz.lz.lz.lz.bz.bz.bz.bz.bz.bz.bz.gz.xz- etc...
Contributing
ouch is 100% made out of voluntary work, any small contribution is welcome!
- Open an issue.
- Open a pr.
- Share it to a friend.