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6 igzip - compress or decompress files similar to gzip
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9 igzip [options] [infiles]
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12 Compress or decompress files similar to gzip using the ISA-L fast de‐
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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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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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34 compress file (default)
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39 --rm remove source files after successful (de)compression
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71 Make compressed file1.gz and file2.gz and keep file1 and file2.
72 igzip file1 file2
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75 igzip -c file.txt | igzip -d -c -
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78 tar cf - dir1 | igzip -2 > dir1.tar.gz
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85igzip command line interface 2.30.N0ovember 2020 IGZIP(1)