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 uses a simplified  form  of  the  'Lempel-Ziv-Markov  chain-Algorithm'  (LZMA)
       stream  format and provides a 3 factor integrity checking to maximize interoperability and
       optimize safety. 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>
              write to <file>, keep input files

       -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  options
       --dictionary-size and --match-length directly to achieve optimal performance.

       To  extract all the files from archive 'foo.tar.lz', use the commands 'tar -xf foo.tar.lz'
       or 'lzip -cd foo.tar.lz | tar -xf -'.

       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 (e.g., bug) which caused lzip to panic.

       The ideas embodied in lzip are due to (at least) the following people: Abraham Lempel  and
       Jacob  Ziv  (for  the  LZ algorithm), Andrey Markov (for the definition of Markov chains),
       G.N.N. Martin (for the definition of range encoding), Igor Pavlov  (for  putting  all  the
       above together in LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI).

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2022  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.