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IGZIP

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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