hunzip(1) General Commands Manual hunzip(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

hunzip - compress and encrypt dictionary files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

hzip \[-h] \[-P password] \[file(s)]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

*hunzip* is a small utility for text file compression and encryption, especially for sorted dictionaries. "hunspell filename" creates the compressed file "filename.hz" without removing the original file.

The compression algorithm uses 16-bit Huffman encoding and line-oriented prefix-suffix compression. It has good compression ratio for huge sorted word lists.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-h**](#h)

Display short help description.

[**-P password**](#P)

Encrypted compression by an arbitrary length password.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

**[hzip (1)](/man/os/hunspell/hzip.1), [hunspell(1)](/man/os/hunspell/hunspell.1)**

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

László Németh.

2008-06-12

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Document: hzip(1) from hunspell 1.7.6-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell