Options: -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit -b, --member-size=<n> set member size limit in bytes -c, --stdout send output to standard output -d, --decompress decompress -f, --force overwrite existing output files -k, --keep keep (don't delete) input files -m, --match-length=<n> set match length limit in bytes [36] -o, --output=<file> if reading stdin, place the output into <file> -q, --quiet suppress all messages -s, --dictionary-size=<n> set dictionary size limit in bytes [8MiB] -S, --volume-size=<n> set volume size limit in bytes -t, --test test compressed file integrity -v, --verbose be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more) -0 .. -9 set compression level [default 6] --fast alias for -0 --best alias for -9 If no file names are given, %s compresses or decompresses
lzip from standard input to standard output. Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...