pack

pack [options] files

Compact each file and place the result in file.z. The original file is replaced. To restore packed files to their original form, see pcat and unpack.

The compress and gzip commands give much better compression. Their use is recommended. (See compress and gzip in Chapter 2.)

Options

-

Print number of times each byte is used, relative frequency, and byte code.

-f

Force the pack even when disk space isn't saved.