ouch-compress(1)

ouch-compress1

Compress one or more files into one output file

Usage

ouch compress [{-l | --level}] [{-y | --yes}] [--fast] [{-n | --no}] [{-A | --accessible}] [--slow] [{-H | --hidden}] [{-S | --follow-symlinks}] [{-q | --quiet}] [{-g | --gitignore}] [{-f | --format}] [{-p | --password}] [{-c | --threads}] [{-h | --help}] <FILES> <OUTPUT>

Overview

Compress one or more files into one output file

Options

-l, --level <LEVEL>

Compression level, applied to all formats

-y, --yes

Skip [Y/n] questions, default to yes

--fast

Fastest compression level possible, conflicts with --level and --slow

-n, --no

Skip [Y/n] questions, default to no

-A, --accessible

Activate accessibility mode, reducing visual noise

--slow

Slowest (and best) compression level possible, conflicts with --level and --fast

-H, --hidden

Ignore hidden files

-S, --follow-symlinks

Read from target files instead of from symlinks (relevant for `tar` and `zip`)

-q, --quiet

Silence output

-g, --gitignore

Ignore files matched by git's ignore files

-f, --format <FORMAT>

Specify the format of the archive

-p, --password <PASSWORD>

Decompress or list with password

-c, --threads <THREADS>

Concurrent working threads

-h, --help

Print help

<FILES>

Files to be compressed

<OUTPUT>

The resulting file. Its extensions can be used to specify the compression formats

From ouch 0.8.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.