sq – squeeze a sorted word list unsq – unsqueeze a sorted word list

A UNIX Command $cat sorted A B C D E F G $sq result $cat result 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 0G $unsq final $cat final A B C D E F G $ UNIX Explanation The squeezing is achieved by eliminating common prefixes, and replacing them with a single character which encodes the …