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NAME

       to-lzip - converts .Z, .lzo, .zip, .rar, .gz, .bz2, .bz3, and .lzma
       files to lzip format


SYNOPSIS

       to-lz [-(IPv)4] [-(IPv)6] [-d(elete_original)] [-h(elp)]
       [-k(eep_smallest)] [-m(ax_compress)] [-n(o_overwrite)] [-p num_cores]
       [-t(imestamp_retain)] file/URL...


DESCRIPTION

       to-lzip recompresses files compressed with the compress, lzop, zip,
       gzip, bzip2, bzip3, zstd, and/or lzma(_alone) utilities into lz format.
       The newly compressed files will usually have a .lz or a .tlz extension.
       If a specified file is actually a URL, it will be downloaded using wget
       and then recompressed.


OPTIONS

       -4     Prefer IPv4 when downloading a URL.

       -6     Prefer IPv6 when downloading a URL.

       -d     After each file is compressed, delete the original.

       -h     Print help and quit.

       -k     Once a file is successfully recompressed, delete the larger of
              the original file or the new one.  This option maximizes disk
              space savings and is incompatible with the -d option.

       -m     Compress more, but at the expense of increased CPU time and
              memory usage.

       -n     Do not overwrite the target .lz or .tlz file if it already
              exists.

       -p num_cores
              Use multi-threaded plzip instead of lzip to utilize multiple
              cores during compression.  Note that the output file, while
              being fully compatible with lzip, will generally be slightly
              larger.  Specifying a num_cores value of zero will utilize all
              available cores.

       -t     Make the timestamp of new files match those of the old files.


SEE ALSO

       lzip(1), plzip(1), compress(1), lzop(1), zip(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1),
       bzip3(1), zstd(1), lzma(1), lzma_alone(1), rar2tarcat(1),
       zip2tarcat(1), wget(1)


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009-2023 by Brian Lindholm.  This program is free
       software; you can use it, redistribute it, and/or modify it under the
       terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
       version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

littleutils                       2023 Apr 10                       to-lzip(1)

littleutils 1.2.6 - Generated Mon Jun 26 07:57:28 CDT 2023
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