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Multi-threaded CLI cheatsheet for gzip, bz2, xz (lzma)
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.gz (GNU zip)

Medium compression ratio, fast speed.

apt install pigz 
tar -I pigz -cvf archive.tar.gz folder-or-document

.bz2 (bzip2)

Medium compression ratio, medium speed.

apt install lbzip2 
tar -I lbzip2 -cvf archive.tar.bz2 folder-or-document

.xz (lzma)

High compression ratio, slow speed.

apt install pxz 
tar -I pxz -cvf archive.tar.xz folder-or-document
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