CCCMP - Another Compression Tool

This project is a custom implementation of a compression and decompression tool based on Huffman coding. It was created as part of a coding challenge here. The utility is designed to compress and decompress files efficiently using Huffman coding. It includes support for both compression and decompression through a command-line interface (CLI).

Features

• Compress files using Huffman coding.
• Decompress files back to their original state.
• Validate compressed files for structural correctness.
• Command-line interface (CLI) powered by Cobra for easy usage.
• Supports file sizes up to 100MB for compression and decompression.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

• You need to have Go installed on your machine (Go 1.15 or later is recommended).
• You can download and install Go from https://golang.org/dl/.

Installing

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/nullsploit01/cc-compressor
cd cccmp

Building

Compile the project using:

go build -o cccmp

Testing

Run all tests:

go test ./...

Usage

To run the utility, you can either compress or decompress files using the following commands:

Compress a file:

./cccmp -c path/to/inputfile.txt -o path/to/outputfile.txt

Decompress a file:

./cccmp -d path/to/inputfile.txt -o path/to/outputfile.txt

Example Usage

# Compressing a file
./cccmp -c test_data/les_miserables.txt -o compressed.txt

# Decompressing a file
./cccmp -d compressed.txt -o decompressed.txt