pigz

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Multithreaded zlib compression utility.

Options (4)

-9, --bestboolean

Compress a file using the best compression method

Example: pigz {{[-9|--best]}} {{path/to/file}}

-p, --processesboolean

Compress a file using no compression and 4 processors

Example: pigz -0 {{[-p|--processes]}} {{4}} {{path/to/file}}

-d, --decompressboolean

Decompress a file

Example: pigz {{[-d|--decompress]}} {{archive.gz}}

-l, --listboolean

List the contents of an archive

Example: pigz {{[-l|--list]}} {{archive.tar.gz}}

Compress a file with default options

pigz path/to/file

Compress a file using the best compression method

pigz [-9|--best] path/to/file

Compress a file using no compression and 4 processors

pigz -0 [-p|--processes] 4 path/to/file

Compress a directory using tar

tar cf - path/to/directory | pigz > path/to/file.tar.gz

Decompress a file

pigz [-d|--decompress] archive.gz

List the contents of an archive

pigz [-l|--list] archive.tar.gz