NAME

       lzip - reduces the size of files

SYNOPSIS

       lzip [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       Lzip  is  a  lossless  data compressor with a user interface similar to the one of gzip or
       bzip2. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or compress most files more  than
       bzip2  (lzip  -9).  Decompression  speed  is  intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip is
       better than gzip and bzip2 from a data  recovery  perspective.  Lzip  has  been  designed,
       written   and  tested  with  great  care  to  replace  gzip  and  bzip2  as  the  standard
       general-purpose compressed format for unix-like systems.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

       -a, --trailing-error
              exit with error status if trailing data

       -b, --member-size=<bytes>
              set member size limit in bytes

       -c, --stdout
              write to standard output, keep input files

       -d, --decompress
              decompress

       -f, --force
              overwrite existing output files

       -F, --recompress
              force re-compression of compressed files

       -k, --keep
              keep (don't delete) input files

       -l, --list
              print (un)compressed file sizes

       -m, --match-length=<bytes>
              set match length limit in bytes [36]

       -o, --output=<file>
              if reading standard input, write to <file>

       -q, --quiet
              suppress all messages

       -s, --dictionary-size=<bytes>
              set dictionary size limit in bytes [8 MiB]

       -S, --volume-size=<bytes>
              set volume size limit in bytes

       -t, --test
              test compressed file integrity

       -v, --verbose
              be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more)

       -0 .. -9
              set compression level [default 6]

       --fast alias for -0

       --best alias for -9

       --loose-trailing
              allow trailing data seeming corrupt header

       If no file names are given, or if a file is '-',  lzip  compresses  or  decompresses  from
       standard input to standard output.  Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3
       = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6,  Mi  =  2^20,  G  =  10^9,  Gi  =  2^30,  etc...
       Dictionary sizes 12 to 29 are interpreted as powers of two, meaning 2^12 to 2^29 bytes.

       The  bidimensional  parameter  space of LZMA can't be mapped to a linear scale optimal for
       all files. If your files are large,  very  repetitive,  etc,  you  may  need  to  use  the
       --dictionary-size and --match-length options directly to achieve optimal performance.

       Exit  status:  0  for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid
       flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an  internal
       consistency error (eg, bug) which caused lzip to panic.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org
       Lzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2019  Antonio  Diaz  Diaz.   License  GPLv2+:  GNU  GPL  version  2 or later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO  WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation for lzip is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and lzip
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info lzip

       should give you access to the complete manual.