lzw-tools

LZW tools to compress & decompress

Build in Python 3

Resources

Lempel-Ziv-Welch

Todo:

• Compression
  • Build Ascii byte list
  • Read file in byte array
  • Compress file
  • Write compressed result in file.lzw
  • CLI/menu-CLI
• Decompression
  • Build Ascii byte list
  • Read file in byte array
  • Decompress file
  • Write decompressed result in original file
  • Decompressed file size is equal to original file
  • Decompressed file content is the same as the original file content
  • Extract file extension from compressed file - MAGIC NUMBER
  • CLI/menu-CLI
• Tests
  • Ascii byte list
  • Compression
  • Decompression
  • Automatically build tests : CirleCi
  • Code quality : CodeClimate

Usage

With menu

[lzw-tools] $ python3 sample.py

Without menu

To simply use the CLI :

• In sample.py file uncomment import cli and comment # import menu_cli

[lzw-tools] $ python3 sample.py compress -f file.txt
# OUTPUT => Your content is now compressed and is available in: file.lzw
[lzw-tools] $ python3 sample.py decompress -f file.lzw
# OUTPUT => Your content is now decompressed and is available in: file.txt

Tests

[lzw-tools] $ python3 -m tests.make_list_test

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Ensure unit tests
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request

Demo

For example, GIF images are compressed using the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) lossless data compression technique.