pixz

Parallel XZ compressor with indexing for faster decompression

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Parallel, indexed, xz compressor

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compress large file faster using multiple cores$ pixz large_file.tar large_file.tar.xz

decompress xz file quickly with parallel processing$ pixzdec large_file.tar.xz large_file.tar

compress tar archive with progress indicator$ pixz -v directory.tar directory.tar.xz

decompress specific part of indexed xz file$ pixz -d large_file.tar.xz | tar -xf - specific_file

compress pipe output to xz in parallel$ tar -c directory | pixz > archive.tar.xz