README.md

RLE-Compression

A simple C program to compress/decompress file contents using Run-Length Encoding algorithm

I wrote this program because this is one of the assignments that my teacher gave me, and I also have some interest, so I decided to publish it on Github

Compile

First clone this repo to your machine, then cd to that repo and run

make

This project was compiled and succesfully tested on:

• Linux

Usage

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Usage:
	./rle-compression [options] [files]
Options:
	-b,  --banner		Display the banner
	-e,  --encode		Encode content of files
	-d,  --decode		Decode content of files
	-h,  --help		Display this help and exit
	-v,  --version		Show this program version
Examples:
	./rle-compression -b -e test.txt
	./rle-compression -b -d test.txt.enc

References

While creating this program, I utilized various websites as resources. I hope that this will useful...

• Run Length Encoding and Decoding
• Run-Length Encoding (RLE) Algorithm: Step-by-Step Guide
• Online rle-compression tool from dcode.fr
• ASCII banner

License

This project is published under MIT License