File Compression Command Line Utility

A command line utility using the Huffman coding algorithm for compressing and decompressing files.

Installation (UNIX and Unix-like operating systems only)

git clone https://github.com/trenthuber/huffman.git
cd huffman

The make command will make the binary in a newly created ./bin/ directory. the make clean command will remove the binary and the object files created in ./src/.

The command sudo make install clean will install the binary to /usr/local/bin. To uninstall the command, use sudo make uninstall.

Features

• Unlimited filesize (as big as your operating system can handle)
• Binary files are supported (although by the nature of Huffman coding, won't always compress that well)
• All memory is allocated on the stack for efficiency and simplicity

Other notes

• You're on your own for getting this to work for Windows
• I'd one day like to implement an archiver/unarchiver to go alongside this utility so multiple files can be compressed/decompressed simultaneously

License

See LICENSE file for license rights and limitations.