NAME¶

PZSTD - parallelised Zstandard compression, al la pigz

DESCRIPTION¶

-p, --processes: # : number of threads to use for (de)compression (default:4)

-#: : # compression level (1-19, default:3)
-d, --decompress: : decompression
-o: file : result stored into `file` (only if 1 input file)
-f, --force: : overwrite output without prompting
--rm: : remove source file(s) after successful (de)compression
-k, --keep: : preserve source file(s) (default)
-h, --help: : display help and exit
-V, --version: : display version number and exit
-v, --verbose: : verbose mode; specify multiple times to increase log level (default:2)
-q, --quiet: : suppress warnings; specify twice to suppress errors too
-c, --stdout: : force write to standard output, even if it is the console
-r: : operate recursively on directories
--ultra: : enable levels beyond 19, up to 22 (requires more memory)
-C, --check: : integrity check (default)
--no-check: : no integrity check
-t, --test: : test compressed file integrity
--: : all arguments after "--" are treated as files