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PIXZ(1)
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:doctype: manpage
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NAME
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pixz - parallel, indexed xz compressor
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SYNOPSIS
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*pixz* ['OPTIONS'] ['INPUT' ['OUTPUT']]
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DESCRIPTION
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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.
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OPTIONS
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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.
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*-d*::
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Decompress, instead of compress.
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*-t*::
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Force non-tarball mode. By default, pixz auto-detects tar data, and if found enters tarball mode.
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When compressing in non-tarball mode, no archive index will be created. When decompressing, fast extraction will not be available.
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*-l*::
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List the archive contents. In tarball mode, lists the files in the tarball. In non-tarball mode, lists the blocks of compressed data.
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*-x* 'PATH'::
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Extract certain members from an archive, quickly. All members whose path begins with 'PATH' will be extracted.
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*-i* 'INPUT'::
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Use 'INPUT' as the input.
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*-o* 'OUTPUT'::
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Use OUTPUT as the output.
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*-#*::
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Set compression level, from -0 (lowest compression, fastest) to -9 (highest compression, slowest).
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*-p* 'CPUS'::
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Set the number of CPU cores to use. By default pixz will use the number of cores on the system.
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*-h*::
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Show pixz's online help.
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EXAMPLES
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`pixz < myfile > myfile.xz`::
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Compress a file with pixz.
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`pixz myfile`::
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Compress to myfile.pxz, removing the original.
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`tar -Ipixz -cf output.tpxz directory`::
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Make tar use pixz for compression.
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`pixz -x path/to/file < input.tpxz | tar x`::
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Extract one file from an archive, quickly.
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AUTHOR
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pixz is written by Dave Vasilevsky.
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RESOURCES
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The pixz homepage: <http://github.com/vasi/pixz/>
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Source downloads: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pixz/files/>
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Dave Vasilevsky. Use of this software is granted under the FreeBSD License.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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xz(1), tar(1)
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