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NAME

6       igzip - compress or decompress files similar to gzip
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SYNOPSIS

9       igzip [options] [infiles]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Compress  or  decompress files similar to gzip using the ISA-L fast de‐
13       flate library.
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15       Output .gz files are compatible with gzip and [RFC-1952].
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17       Options are similar to gzip except --keep is default.
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OPTIONS

20       -h, --help
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23       -#     use compression level # with 0 <= # <= 3
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25       -o     <file>           output file
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27       -c, --stdout
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39       --rm   remove source files after successful (de)compression
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41       -k, --keep
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59       -t, --test
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68       with no infile, or when infile is - , read standard input
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EXAMPLES

71       Make compressed file1.gz and file2.gz and keep file1 and file2.
72              igzip file1 file2
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74       Piped compression and decompression.
75              igzip -c file.txt | igzip -d -c -
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77       Streaming compression from output of tar, compress level 2.
78              tar cf - dir1 | igzip -2 > dir1.tar.gz
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REPORTING BUGS

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