diff --git a/pages/common/zstd.md b/pages/common/zstd.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f6bffaa7dc --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/zstd.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# zstd + +> Compress or decompress files with Zstandard compression. + +- Compress a file into a new file with the .zst suffix: + +`zstd {{file}}` + +- Decompress a file: + +`zstd -d {{file}}.zst` + +- Decompress to stdout: + +`zstd -dc {{file}}.zst` + +- Compress a file, while specifing the compression level. 0 = Worst, 19 = Best (Default level is 3): + +`zstd -{{level}} {{file}}` + +- Use more memory (both when compressing and decompressing) to achieve a higher compression ratio: + +`zstd --ultra -{{level}} {{file}}`