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+PIXZ(1)
+=======
+:doctype: manpage
+
+NAME
+----
+pixz - parallel, indexed xz compressor
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+*pixz* ['OPTIONS'] ['INPUT' ['OUTPUT']]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+pixz compresses and decompresses files using multiple processors. If the input looks like a tar(1) archive, it also creates an index of all the files in the archive. This allows the extraction of only a small segment of the tarball, without needing to decompress the entire archive.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+By default, pixz uses standard input and output, unless 'INPUT' and 'OUTPUT' arguments are provided. If pixz is provided with input but no output, it will delete the input once it's done.
+
+*-d*::
+  Decompress, instead of compress.
+
+*-t*::
+  Force non-tarball mode. By default, pixz auto-detects tar data, and if found enters tarball mode.
+  When compressing in non-tarball mode, no archive index will be created. When decompressing, fast extraction will not be available.
+
+*-l*::
+  List the archive contents. In tarball mode, lists the files in the tarball. In non-tarball mode, lists the blocks of compressed data.
+
+*-x* 'PATH'::
+  Extract certain members from an archive, quickly. All members whose path begins with 'PATH' will be extracted.
+
+*-i* 'INPUT'::
+  Use 'INPUT' as the input.
+
+*-o* 'OUTPUT'::
+  Use OUTPUT as the output.
+
+*-#*::
+  Set compression level, from -0 (lowest compression, fastest) to -9 (highest compression, slowest).
+
+*-p* 'CPUS'::
+  Set the number of CPU cores to use. By default pixz will use the number of cores on the system.
+
+*-h*::
+  Show pixz's online help.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+`pixz < myfile > myfile.xz`::
+
+  Compress a file with pixz.
+
+`pixz myfile`::
+
+  Compress to myfile.pxz, removing the original.
+
+`tar -Ipixz -cf output.tpxz directory`::
+
+  Make tar use pixz for compression.
+
+`pixz -x path/to/file < input.tpxz | tar x`::
+
+  Extract one file from an archive, quickly.
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+pixz is written by Dave Vasilevsky.
+
+RESOURCES
+---------
+The pixz homepage: <http://github.com/vasi/pixz/>
+
+Source downloads: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pixz/files/>
+
+COPYRIGHT
+---------
+Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Dave Vasilevsky. Use of this software is granted under the FreeBSD License.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+xz(1), tar(1)