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# pigz
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> Multithreaded zlib compression utility.
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2019-05-29 14:53:51 +01:00
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> More information: <https://github.com/madler/pigz>.
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2016-01-14 12:12:09 +00:00
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- Compress a file with default options:
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2016-01-24 23:24:49 +00:00
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`pigz {{filename}}`
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2016-01-14 12:12:09 +00:00
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2016-01-24 23:24:49 +00:00
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- Compress a file using the best compression method:
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2016-01-24 23:24:49 +00:00
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`pigz -9 {{filename}}`
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- Compress a file using no compression and 4 processors:
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`pigz -0 -p{{4}} {{filename}}`
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2016-01-14 12:12:09 +00:00
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2019-06-27 01:44:47 +01:00
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- Compress a directory using tar:
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`tar cf - {{path/to/directory}} | pigz > {{filename}}.tar.gz`
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2016-01-14 12:12:09 +00:00
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- Decompress a file:
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`pigz -d {{archive.gz}}`
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- List the contents of an archive:
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`pigz -l {{archive.tar.gz}}`
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