ouch/README.md
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# Ouch!
`ouch` stands for **Obvious Unified Compression Helper** and is a CLI tool to help you compress and decompress files of several formats.
- [Features](#features)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Supported Formats](#supported-formats)
- [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
# Features
1. Easy to use.
2. Accessibility mode (A11Y) via `--accessibility` or `ACCESSIBILITY` env var (see [wiki page](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/wiki/Accessibility)).
3. Automatic formats detection.
4. Same usage syntax for all formats.
5. Uses encoding and decoding streams to improve performance.
6. No runtime dependencies (for _Linux x86_64_).
7. Can list archive contents with pretty tree formatting.
8. Shell completions (soon!).
# Usage
## Decompressing
Use the `decompress` subcommand and pass the files.
```sh
# Decompress a file
ouch decompress a.zip
# Decompress multiple files
ouch decompress a.zip b.tar.gz c.tar
# Short alternative
ouch d a.zip
```
The `-d/--dir` flag can be used to redirect decompression results to another directory.
```sh
# Decompress 'summer_vacation.zip' inside of new folder 'pictures'
ouch decompress summer_vacation.zip --dir pictures
```
## Compressing
Use the `compress` subcommand, pass the files and the **output file** at the end.
```sh
# Compress four files
ouch compress 1 2 3 4 archive.zip
# Short alternative
ouch c file.txt file.zip
```
`ouch` detects the extensions of the **output file** to decide what formats to use.
# Supported formats
| Format | `.tar` | `.zip` | `.bz`, `.bz2` | `.gz` | `.lz4` | `.xz`, `.lzma` | `.sz` | `.zst` |
|:---------:|:------:|:------:|:-------------:|:-----:|:------:|:--------------:|:-----:|:-------|
| Supported | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
And the aliases: `tgz`, `tbz`, `tbz2`, `tlz4`, `txz`, `tlzma`, `tsz`, `tzst`.
Formats can be chained:
- `.tar.gz`
- `.tar.gz.gz.gz.gz`
- `.tar.gz.gz.gz.gz.zst.xz.bz.lz4`
# Installation
[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/ouch.svg)](https://repology.org/project/ouch/versions)
## Downloading the latest binary
Compiled for `x86_64` on _Linux_, _Mac OS_ and _Windows_, run with `curl` or `wget`.
| Method | Command |
|:---------:|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **curl** | `curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ouch-org/ouch/master/install.sh \| sh` |
| **wget** | `wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ouch-org/ouch/master/install.sh -O - \| sh` |
The script will copy the [latest binary](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/releases) to `/usr/local/bin`.
## Compiling from source code
Check the [wiki guide](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/wiki/Compiling-and-installing-from-source-code).
# Dependencies
If you installed `ouch` using the download script, you will need no dependencies (static MUSL binary).
Otherwise, you'll need these libraries installed on your system:
* [liblzma](https://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html)
* [libbz2](https://www.sourceware.org/bzip2/)
* [libz](https://www.zlib.net/)
These are available on all mainstream _Linux_ distributions and on _macOS_.
# Benchmarks
Comparison made decompressing `linux.tar.gz` and measured with
[Hyperfine](https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine) and the values presented are the average (wall clock) elapsed time.
| Tool | `ouch` | [`tar`] | [`bsdtar`] |
|:------------:|:------:|:-------:|:----------:|
| Average time | 911 ms | 1102 ms | 829 ms |
Note: `ouch` focuses heavily on usage ergonomics and nice error messages, but
we plan on doing some optimization in the future.
Versions used:
- `ouch` _0.3.1_
- [`tar`] _1.34_
- [`bsdtar`] _3.5.2_
# Contributing
`ouch` is made out of voluntary work, contributors are very welcome! No contribution is too small and all contributions are valued.
- Open an [issue](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/issues).
- Package it for your favorite distribution or package manager.
- Open a pull request.
- Share it with a friend!
[`tar`]: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
[`bsdtar`]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdtar&sektion=1&format=html