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This is a command line tool for batch gunzip behavior using multithreading spread across multiple files matched by a user-provided glob pattern.

Head on over to the Releases section of the repository and download the appropriate version for your operating system. Unzip and use in a command line terminal at your own discretion.

General syntax is as follows:

super-gunzip <gzip | unzip> <glob pattern> [options]

Where current options are:

• -h or --help: If this tag is present, the program will print the help message and exit.
• -k or --keep_original: If this tag is present, the program will not attempt to remove the original file.
• -n <number> or --num_threads <number>: The number of threads to split the workload across. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the number provided is reasonable. Defaults to 1.
• -v or --verbose: If this tag is present, the program will print the name of each file as it is processed.

ℹ️ Note: On Unix, the use of the wildcard * character will require the use of quotes to prevent the shell from expanding the pattern before it is passed to the program. On Windows, this is not necessary. See the examples below.

# Get more information about the tool
super-gunzip --help
super-gunzip gzip --help
super-gunzip unzip --help

# Unzip or gzip all files in an indicated directory
super-gunzip gzip "some/filepath/glob/pattern*"
super-gunzip unzip "some/filepath/glob/pattern*.gz"

# Utilize multithreading
super-gunzip gzip "some/filepath/glob/pattern*" --num-threads 12
super-gunzip unzip "some/filepath/glob/pattern*.gz" --num-threads 12