1PXZ(1)                            Parallel XZ                           PXZ(1)
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NAME

6       pxz - Parallel LZMA compressor compatible with XZ.
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SYNOPSIS

9       pxz [options]... [file]...
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DESCRIPTION

13       pxz  is  a  compression utility that takes advantage of running XZ com‐
14       pression simultaneously on different parts of an input file on multiple
15       cores and processors. This significantly speeds up compression time.
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OPTIONS

18       -v     Be verbose - shows progress.
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20       -h, --help
21              Display help.
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23       -f, --force
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26       -c, --stdout
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29       -k, --keep
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32       -T, --threads
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35       -D, --context-size
36              Context  size  per one thread specified as a multiple of dictio‐
37              nary size for active compression level.
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39       -V, --version
40              Display version of PXZ.
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EXAMPLES

43       pxz file1 file2
44              Compress file1 and file2 to file1.xz and file2.xz using  default
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47       pxz -T4 file1
48              Compress  file1  with  default  compression  and  maximum  of  4
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51       pxz -k -9 file1
52              Use maximal compression and keep the original file1, use default
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55       pxz -f -T4 file1
56              Compress file with default compression and with 4 threads.
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58       pxz -kvf -3 -T8 file1
59              Use  -3  compression,  keep the original file, use 8 threads and
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62       tar Oc dir1 | pxz -D 12 -cv - > dir1.tar.xz
63              Move dir1 into tar, then compress it  with  the  context  of  12
64              sizes  of  dictionary per thread, show progress and write result
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SEE ALSO

68       xz(1)
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AUTHOR

71       Jindrich Novy <jnovy@users.sourceforge.net>
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BUGS

74       Report bugs via http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/
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78pxz                                Jun 2010                             PXZ(1)