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diff --git a/programs/README.md b/programs/README.md index 7a5d2e2..b67408f 100644 --- a/programs/README.md +++ b/programs/README.md @@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ Command Line Interface for LZ4 library ============================================ Command Line Interface (CLI) can be created using the `make` command without any additional parameters. -There are however other Makefile targets that create different variations of CLI: -- `lz4` : default CLI supporting gzip-like arguments -- `lz4c` : Same as `lz4` with additional support for decompression of legacy lz4 versions +There are also multiple targets that create different variations of CLI: +- `lz4` : default CLI, with a command line syntax close to gzip +- `lz4c` : Same as `lz4` with additional support legacy lz4 commands (incompatible with gzip) - `lz4c32` : Same as `lz4c`, but forced to compile in 32-bits mode #### Aggregation of parameters -CLI supports aggregation of parameters i.e. `-b1`, `-e18`, and `-i1` can be joined into `-b1e18i1`. +CLI supports aggregation of parameters i.e. `-b1`, `-e18`, and `-i1` can be joined into `-b1e18i1`. #### Benchmark in Command Line Interface CLI includes in-memory compression benchmark module for lz4. -The benchmark is conducted using a given filename. +The benchmark is conducted using a given filename. The file is read into memory. It makes benchmark more precise as it eliminates I/O overhead. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The `-i` parameter selects a number of iterations used for each of tested levels #### Usage of Command Line Interface -The full list of options can be obtained with `-h` or `-H` parameter: +The full list of commands can be obtained with `-h` or `-H` parameter: ``` Usage : lz4 [arg] [input] [output] |