XZNEW(1)

🦋 XZNEW(1) — recompress .gz or .tgz files to .xz files

okay bestie, this one lives in the General Commands Manual, and it's giving “tiny but iconic converter energy.” We're taking your .gz little guys and making them .xz. Slay.

🌸 NAME

xznew — recompress .gz or .tgz files to .xz files

✨ SYNOPSIS

xznew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.gz ...  ]

💖 DESCRIPTION

xznew recompresses files from .gz (gzip) format to .xz (xz) format. fr fr, that's the whole glow-up.

If you want to recompress a file that's already in xz format, rename the file to force a .xz extension, then apply xznew. iykyk.

💅 OPTIONS

• -f — Force recompression from .gz to .xz format even if a .xz file already exists. like, yes, bestie, we're doing this anyway 💁‍♀️
• -t — Tests the new files before deleting originals. safety first, always 🫶
• -v — Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed. she's chatty and we love that ✨
• -9 — Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression). main character compression energy: slow, dramatic, worth it 👑
• -P — Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage. lowkey efficient, highkey iconic 🎀
• -K — Keep a .gz file when it is smaller than the .xz file. sometimes the original ate and we keep her 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO

• xz(1)
• gzip(1)

💀 BUGS

xznew does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if cpmod(1) is not available and touch(1) does not support the -r option. not the vibe, but we said what we said 🫠

that's the page, bestie — XZNEW(1) from the General Commands Manual, and the original footer only had XZNEW(1) with no source/version or date info, so no fake versioning here 💖🧚