zstd
zstd is a Linux command in the Archives & Compression category, rated intermediate difficulty. Zstandard compression — high compression ratio with fast speeds. The syntax is zstd [options] [file]. It returns zstd-compressed file. A practical example: zstd file.tar # Creates file.tar.zst zstd -d file.tar.zst # Decompress zstd -19 file.tar # Ultra compression A close relative is tar, which creates and extracts tar archives. The standard Unix archiving tool. A close relative is gzip, which compresses files using Lempel-Ziv coding. Produces .gz files. A close relative is gunzip, which decompresses .gz files created by gzip. More about this category: Linux archive commands — tar, gzip, zip, unzip, and more. Compress and extract files and archives. Related Archives & Compression commands: tar, gzip, gunzip, zip, unzip, xz, zcat, bunzip2. This page is part of the free Linux Reference documentation covering 304+ commands, each with syntax, options, practical examples, and a difficulty rating.