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  # pigz parallel gzip implementation example - gzip one file with 4 cpu cores
pigz -p 4 filename.txt

#to gzip entire folder must pass to gzip with tar (and set variable for cores)
#gzip /dirtogzip into /directory/gzipfile.tar.gz using 4 cores
export PIGZ="-p4"
tar cf /directory/gzipfile.tar.gz --use-compress-program=pigz /dirtogzip
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