How to decompress lz4 file

Question

I have a folder/file which is with the extension abc.tar.lz4 I want to be able to view the contents of this file but I have been unable to do so. I am using MACOS and I installed lz4 via my terminal using the command:

brew install lz4

How can I view the contents of this file?

I get this as the output/error @MarkSetchell : abc.tar.lz4: is not a regular file — Dev.D, Jul 27 '21 at 20:18
Mmm, ok. Try `file abc.tar.lz4` to see what sort of file it is. — Mark Setchell, Jul 27 '21 at 20:22

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '21 at 13:55

As mentioned by Mark Setchell what worked for me is:

 /usr/local/bin/lz4 -dc < abc.tar.lz4 | tar xvf -

where:

/usr/local/bin/lz4 -> the path where lz4 is installed. Since I used homebrew, it installs packages within /usr/local/bin

And replace abc.tar.lz4 with the .tar.lz4 file name.

How to decompress lz4 file

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