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.TH SQ 1 LOCAL
.SH NAME
sq \- 压缩一个排过序的单词列表
unsq \- 解压一个排过序的单词列表

.SH "总览 (SYNOPSIS)"
.B sq
< infile > outfile
.PP
.B unsq
< infile > outfile

.SH "描述 (DESCRIPTION)"
.I sq
压缩 一个 排过序的 单词 列表 (一个 字典). 比如:
.RS
sort /usr/dict/words | sq | compress > words.sq.Z
.RE
会 大概 以 4 为 因数 压缩 字典.
.PP
.I unsq
解压
.I sq
的 输出. 比如:
.RS
compress -d < words.sq.Z | unsq | sort -f -o words
.RE
会 解压 
.I sq
压缩 的 字典.
.P
根据 文档 描述, 它 通过 省略 相同 的 词头 来 压缩, 用 一个 单独 的 字符 取代
这个 词头, 这个 字符 对 与 前一个词 相同的 字符数 进行 编码.
词头 的 大小 用 一个 编了码 的 可打印 的 字符 表示:
0-9 代表 0-9, A-Z 代表 10-35, a-z 代表 36-61.

.SH "作者 (AUTHOR)"
Mike Wexler

.SH "参见 (SEE ALSO)"
compress(1), sort(1).

.SH "[中文版维护人]"
.B 唐友 \<tony_ty@263.net\>
.SH "[中文版最新更新]"
.BR 2001/9/20
.SH "[中国Linux论坛man手册页翻译计划]"
.BI http://cmpp.linuxforum.net