Manual: pzstd

PZSTD(1)						User Commands						    PZSTD(1)

NAME
       PZSTD - parallelized Zstandard compression, a la pigz

DESCRIPTION
   Usage:
	      pzstd [args] [FILE(s)]

   Parallel ZSTD options:
       -p, --processes
	      #	   : number of threads to use for (de)compression (default:)

   ZSTD options:
       -#     : # compression level (1-19, default:)

       -d, --decompress
	      : decompression

       -o     file : result stored into `file` (only if 1 input file)

       -f, --force
	      : overwrite output without prompting, (de)compress links

       --rm   : remove source file(s) after successful (de)compression

       -k, --keep
	      : preserve source file(s) (default)

       -h, --help
	      : display help and exit

       -V, --version
	      : display version number and exit

       -v, --verbose
	      : verbose mode; specify multiple times to increase log level (default:2)

       -q, --quiet
	      : suppress warnings; specify twice to suppress errors too

       -c, --stdout
	      : write to standard output (even if it is the console)

       -r     : operate recursively on directories

       --ultra
	      : enable levels beyond 19, up to 22 (requires more memory)

       -C, --check
	      : integrity check (default)

       --no-check
	      : no integrity check

       -t, --test
	      : test compressed file integrity

       --     : all arguments after "--" are treated as files

PZSTD version: 1.5.7.					January 2026						    PZSTD(1)