BZ2 - Bzip2 Single File
A single text file compressed with bzip2 — the container-free codec on its own, for testing decompression and codec detection.
bz2
Single-file bzip2 stream
- Contains
- sample.txt
- Codec
- bzip2
- Uncompressed
- 472 B
- Compressed
- 336 B
A container-free bzip2 stream — decompress it to recover sample.txt. The bytes are the compressed data, so there is no inline content preview.
Specifications
- Format
- bzip2 (single file)
- Codec
- bzip2
- Original Name
- sample.txt
- Original Bytes
- 472
What is a .bz2 file?
BZ2 is a file compressed with bzip2, which uses the Burrows-Wheeler transform to achieve higher compression ratios than gzip at the cost of slower speed. Like gzip, it compresses a single stream rather than archiving multiple files. It is common for distributing large source and data files.
How to use this file
Use an example BZ2 to test bzip2 decompression, block-based decoding, and pipelines that select among gzip, bzip2, and xz codecs.
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