clig

clig is a command-line tool for compressing and decompressing text files using a combination of Run-Length Encoding (RLE) and dictionary-based compression. It reduces file size for repetitive and common text patterns.

Features

• Run-Length Encoding (RLE): Compresses consecutive repeated characters.
• Dictionary-based Compression: Replaces common sequences like the, and, and spaces with tokens to save space.
• Decompression: Reverses the compression to recover the original file.

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Klus3kk/clig.git
   cd clig
   

2. Build the project:

   zig build
   

3. The executable will be generated in zig-out/bin/:

   ./zig-out/bin/clig
   

Usage

Compress a File

To compress a file, use:

./zig-out/bin/clig compress <input_file> <output_file>

Example:

./zig-out/bin/clig compress input.txt output.clig

Decompress a File

To decompress a file, use:

./zig-out/bin/clig decompress <input_file> <output_file>

Example:

./zig-out/bin/clig decompress output.clig decompressed.txt

Example

Command

./zig-out/bin/clig compress input.txt output.clig
./zig-out/bin/clig decompress output.clig decompressed.txt

Output

• Compression:

  Compressed input.txt to output.clig
  Original size: 242 bytes
  Compressed size: 234 bytes
  Compression Ratio: 96.69%
  

• Decompression:

  Decompressed output.clig to decompressed.txt
  Original size: 234 bytes
  Decompressed size: 242 bytes