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compress or decompress files similar to gzip

Synopsis

igzip [options] [infiles]

Description

Compress or decompress files similar to gzip using the ISA-L fast deflate library.

Output .gz files are compatible with gzip and [RFC-1952].

Options are similar to gzip except --keep is default.

Options

-h,  --help

help, print this message

-#

use compression level # with 0 <= # <= 3

-o

<file>           output file

-c,  --stdout

write to stdout

-d,  --decompress

decompress file

-z,  --compress

compress file (default)

-f,  --force

overwrite output without prompting

--rm

remove source files after successful (de)compression

-k,  --keep

keep source files (default)

-S,  --suffix <.suf>

suffix to use while (de)compressing

-V,  --version

show version number

-v,  --verbose

verbose mode

-N,  --name

save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompress

-n,  --no-name

do not save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompress

-t,  --test

test compressed file integrity

-T,  --threads <n>

use n threads to compress if enabled

-q,  --quiet

suppress warnings

with no infile, or when infile is - , read standard input

Examples

Make compressed file1.gz and file2.gz and keep file1 and file2.

igzip file1 file2

Piped compression and decompression.

igzip -c file.txt | igzip -d -c -

Streaming compression from output of tar, compress level 2.

tar cf - dir1 | igzip -2 > dir1.tar.gz

Reporting Bugs

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

Info

January 2024 igzip command line interface 2.31.0