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/usr/bin/igzip

Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library

From isa-l 2.32.1-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running igzip --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: igzip [options] [infiles]

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
Options (17)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helphelp, print this messagehelp + man
-#use compression level # with 0 <= # <= 3help + man
-o<file> output filehelp + man
-c, --stdoutwrite to stdouthelp + man
-d, --decompressdecompress filehelp + man
-z, --compresscompress file (default)help + man
-f, --forceoverwrite output without promptinghelp + man
--rmremove source files after successful (de)compressionhelp + man
-k, --keepkeep source files (default)help + man
-S, --suffix .sufsuffix to use while (de)compressinghelp + man
-V, --versionshow version numberhelp + man
-v, --verboseverbose modehelp + man
-N, --namesave/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompresshelp + man
-n, --no-namedo not save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompresshelp + man
-t, --testtest compressed file integrityhelp + man
-T, --threads nuse n threads to compress if enabledhelp + man
-q, --quietsuppress warningshelp + man

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