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.TH zstd "1" "2015-08-22" "zstd" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
\fBzstd, unzstd, zstdcat\fR - Compress or decompress .zst files

.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP 5
\fBzstd\fR [\fBOPTIONS\fR] [-|INPUT-FILE] <OUTPUT-FILE>
.PP
.B unzstd
is equivalent to
.BR "zstd \-d" 
.br
.B zstdcat
is equivalent to
.BR "zstd \-dc" 
.br

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBzstd\fR is a fast lossless compression algorithm.
It is based on the \fBLZ77\fR family, with FSE & huff0 entropy stage.
zstd offers compression speed > 200 MB/s per core.
It also features a fast decoder, with speed > 500 MB/s per core.

\fBzstd\fR command line is generally similar to gzip, but features the following differences :
 - Original files are preserved
 - By default, \fBzstd file1 file2\fR means : compress file1 \fBinto\fR file2.
     Use \fB-m\fR command if you want : compress file1 into file1.zstd and file2 into file2.zst
 - By default, when compressing files, \fBzstd\fR displays advancement notification and result summary.
     Use \fB-q\fR to turn them off


\fBzstd\fR supports the following options :

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-#
 # compression level [1-19](default:1)
.TP
.B \-d
 decompression
.TP
.B \-f
 overwrite output without prompting
.TP
.BR \-m ", " --multiple
 multiple files mode
 In this mode, multiple files on the command line means compression or decompression of each named file
 Notifications are also turned off by default
.TP
.B \-D
 Use next file as dictionary content for compress / decompression
.TP
.BR \-h/\-H ", " --help
 display help/long help and exit
.TP
.BR \-V ", " --version
 display Version number and exit
.TP
.BR \-v ", " --verbose
 verbose mode
.TP
.BR \-q ", " --quiet
 suppress warnings and notifications; specify twice to suppress errors too
.TP
.B \-c 
 force write to standard output, even if it is the console
.TP
.B \-z
 force compression
.TP
.B \-b#
 benchmark file(s) using compression level #
.TP
.B \-i#
 iteration loops [1-9](default : 3), benchmark mode only

.SH BUGS
Report bugs at:- https://github.com/Cyan4973/zstd/issues

.SH AUTHOR
Yann Collet