igzip - compress or decompress files similar to gzip

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  EXAMPLES  REPORTING BUGS 

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NAME

igzip − compress or decompress files similar to gzip

SYNOPSIS

igzip [options] [infiles]

DESCRIPTION

Compress or decompress files similar to gzip using the ISA-L fast deflate library.

Output .gz files are compatible with gzip and [RFC-1952].

Options are similar to gzip except --keep is default.

OPTIONS

−h, −−help

help, print this message

	−#		use compression level # with 0 <= # <= 3
	−o		<file> output file

−c, −−stdout

write to stdout

−d, −−decompress

decompress file

−z, −−compress

compress file (default)

−f, −−force

overwrite output without prompting

−−rm

remove source files after successful (de)compression

−k, −−keep

keep source files (default)

−S, −−suffix <.suf>

suffix to use while (de)compressing

−V, −−version

show version number

−v, −−verbose

verbose mode

−N, −−name

save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompress

−n, −−no−name

do not save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompress

−t, −−test

test compressed file integrity

−T, −−threads <n>

use n threads to compress if enabled

−q, −−quiet

suppress warnings

with no infile, or when infile is − , read standard input

EXAMPLES

Make compressed file1.gz and file2.gz and keep file1 and file2.

igzip file1 file2

Piped compression and decompression.

igzip -c file.txt | igzip -d -c -

Streaming compression from output of tar, compress level 2.

tar cf - dir1 | igzip -2 > dir1.tar.gz

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to https://github.com/intel/isa-l/issues

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