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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## 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.

### 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.

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