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NAME
     igzip - 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

igzip 2.31.1			  December 2024 			IGZIP(1)

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