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# pigz
> Multithreaded zlib compression utility.
> More information: <https://github.com/madler/pigz>.
- Compress a file with default options:
`pigz {{path/to/file}}`
- Compress a file using the best compression method:
`pigz -9 {{path/to/file}}`
- Compress a file using no compression and 4 processors:
`pigz -0 -p{{4}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Compress a directory using tar:
`tar cf - {{path/to/directory}} | pigz > {{path/to/file}}.tar.gz`
- Decompress a file:
`pigz -d {{archive.gz}}`
- List the contents of an archive:
`pigz -l {{archive.tar.gz}}`