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NAME

6       szip - manual page for szip 1.0.0
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DESCRIPTION

9       szip 1.0.0 Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>
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11       szip compresses and decompresses data in the Snappy format.
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13       szip  works similarly to gzip. It takes files as parameters, compresses
14       them to a new file with a .sz extension, and removes the original. File
15       access and modification times are preserved.
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17       Alternatively,  data  can be sent on stdin and its compressed form will
18       be sent to stdout.
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20       The -d (short for --decompress) flag changes the mode from  compression
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23       The --raw flag can be used for compressing/decompressing the raw Snappy
24       format.  Note that this requires reading the entire  input/output  into
25       memory.  In general, you shouldn't use this flag unless you have a spe‐
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28   USAGE:
29              szip [FLAGS] [paths]
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31   FLAGS:
32       -d, --decompress
33              Decompress data (default is compression).
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35       -f, --force
36              Force (de)compression even if the corresponding output file  al‐
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39       -h, --help
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42       -k, --keep
43              Keep (don't delete) input files during (de)compression.
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45       -r, --raw
46              Use the "raw" Snappy format (no framing).
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48       -V, --version
49              Prints version information
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51   ARGS:
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53              A list of file paths to compress (or decompress).
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57szip 1.0.0                       December 2023                         SZIP(1)