NAME
pigz - compress or expand files
SYNOPSIS
pigz [options] files...
DESCRIPTION
pigz is an almost compatible replacement for the gzip program providing
a common set of command line arguments. The special feature of pigz is
support for (de)compression execution in multiple threads, utilizing
more available CPU power on multicore or multiprocessor systems than
the standard gzip implementation.
OPTIONS
These program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (‘-’). Most options are derived from
the gzip program, see its documentation for details. There are also new
pigz specific options for advanced usage which are displayed in
program’s help output.
SEE ALSO
gzip(1)
This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>, for
the Debian project (and may be used by others).
January 3, 2009