compress_lz4

Compresses a stream of bytes using lz4 compression.

compress_lz4 [level=int]

Description

The compress_lz4 operator compresses bytes in a pipeline incrementally.

level = int (optional)

The compression level to use. The supported values depend on the codec used. If omitted, the default level for the codec is used.

Examples

Export all events in a Lz4-compressed NDJSON file

export
write_ndjson
compress_lz4
save_file "/tmp/backup.json.lz4"

Recompress a Lz4-compressed file at a different compression level

load_file "in.lz4"
decompress_lz4
compress_lz4 level=18
save_file "out.lz4"