SQ(1)SQ(1)NAME
sq, unsq - squeeze or unsqueeze a sorted word list
SYNOPSISsq < infile > outfile
unsq < infile > outfile
DESCRIPTIONsq compresses a sorted list of words (a dictionary). For example:
sort -u /usr/share/dict/words | sq | gzip -9 > words.sq.gz
will compress dict by about a factor of 5.
unsq uncompress the output of sq. For example:
gunzip < words.sq.gz | unsq | sort -f -o words
will uncompress a dictionary compressed with sq.
The squeezing is achieved by eliminating common prefixes, and replacing
them with a single character which encodes the number of characters
shared with the preceding word. The prefix size is encoded as a single
printable character: 0-9 represent 0-9, A-Z represent 10-35, and a-z
represent 36-61.
BUGSsq and unsq can only handle words of up to 256 characters. The input
must be sorted, and duplicates must be suppressed.
AUTHOR
Mike Wexler
SEE ALSOcompress(1), sort(1).
LOCAL SQ(1)