huffc - Huffman Compression Tool

huffc is a CLI tool for compressing and decompressing files using Huffman encoding. It supports both file-based and standard input compression, allowing users to efficiently encode and decode data.

Installation

You can install huffc using Cargo:

cargo install huffc

Usage

huffc provides options for both compression and decompression. You must specify either --compress or --decompress, but not both.

Compressing a File

To compress a file and save the output:

huffc --compress -i input.txt -o compressed.huff

Decompressing a File

To decompress a .huff file back to its original form:

huffc --decompress -i compressed.huff -o output.txt

Using Standard Input

You can also use standard input for compression or decompression:

Compressing Standard Input

echo "Hello, Huffman!" | huffc --compress -o output.huff

Decompressing Standard Input

cat output.huff | huffc --decompress -o output.txt

Arguments

Error Handling

huffc provides meaningful error messages when incorrect arguments are used:

• Error: You must specify either --compress or --decompress, but not both.
• No file path provided. Use --help for more information.
• File does not exist in path provided.
• File does not have the file extension '.huff' (for decompression)
• No outfile path provided. (when using standard input)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.