-h, --help help, print this message
-# use compression level # with 0 <= # <= 3
-o <file> output file
-c, --stdout write to stdout
-d, --decompress decompress file
-z, --compress compress file (default)
-f, --force overwrite output without prompting
--rm remove source files after successful (de)compression
-k, --keep keep source files (default)
-S, --suffix <.suf> suffix to use while (de)compressing
-V, --version show version number
-v, --verbose verbose mode
-N, --name save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompress
-n, --no-name do not save/use file name and timestamp in compress/decompress
-t, --test test compressed file integrity
-T, --threads <n> use n threads to compress if enabled
-q, --quiet suppress warnings
with no infile, or when infile is - , read standard input
igzip file1 file2
igzip -c file.txt | igzip -d -c -
tar cf - dir1 | igzip -2 > dir1.tar.gz