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decompress

Decompression reference — archive formats, algorithms, streaming extraction, and corruption recovery. Use when extracting archives, choosing compression formats, or troubleshooting corrupt files.

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/bytesagain/decompress
Or

Decompress — Archive & Compression Reference

Quick-reference skill for decompression algorithms, archive formats, and extraction techniques.

When to Use

  • Extracting tar, zip, 7z, rar, or other archive formats
  • Choosing between compression algorithms (gzip, zstd, brotli, lz4)
  • Handling corrupted or partial archives
  • Streaming decompression for pipelines
  • Understanding compression ratios and performance tradeoffs

Commands

intro

scripts/script.sh intro

Overview of compression and decompression — algorithms, formats, terminology.

formats

scripts/script.sh formats

Archive format comparison — tar, zip, 7z, rar, and their features.

algorithms

scripts/script.sh algorithms

Compression algorithms — gzip, bzip2, xz, zstd, lz4, brotli.

extract

scripts/script.sh extract

Extraction commands for every common format.

streaming

scripts/script.sh streaming

Streaming decompression — pipes, on-the-fly extraction, network transfers.

recovery

scripts/script.sh recovery

Recovering data from corrupted or partial archives.

performance

scripts/script.sh performance

Performance benchmarks — speed vs ratio tradeoffs by algorithm.

checklist

scripts/script.sh checklist

Decompression safety checklist — zip bombs, path traversal, verification.

help

scripts/script.sh help

version

scripts/script.sh version

Configuration

VariableDescription
DECOMPRESS_DIRData directory (default: ~/.decompress/)

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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-bytesagain-decompress": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

Tags

#decompress#extract#archive#gzip#zstd#compression#atomic
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