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+Command Line Interface for LZ4 library
+============================================
+
+### Build
+The Command Line Interface (CLI) can be generated
+using the `make` command without any additional parameters.
+
+The `Makefile` script supports all [standard conventions](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Conventions.html),
+including standard targets (`all`, `install`, `clean`, etc.)
+and standard variables (`CC`, `CFLAGS`, `CPPFLAGS`, etc.).
+
+For advanced use cases, there are targets to different variations of the 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
+
+The CLI generates and decodes [LZ4-compressed frames](../doc/lz4_Frame_format.md).
+
+
+#### Aggregation of parameters
+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 file is read into memory.
+It makes benchmark more precise as it eliminates I/O overhead.
+
+The benchmark measures ratio, compressed size, compression and decompression speed.
+One can select compression levels starting from `-b` and ending with `-e`.
+The `-i` parameter selects a number of seconds used for each of tested levels.
+
+
+
+#### Usage of Command Line Interface
+The full list of commands can be obtained with `-h` or `-H` parameter:
+```
+Usage :
+      lz4 [arg] [input] [output]
+
+input   : a filename
+          with no FILE, or when FILE is - or stdin, read standard input
+Arguments :
+ -1     : Fast compression (default)
+ -9     : High compression
+ -d     : decompression (default for .lz4 extension)
+ -z     : force compression
+ -D FILE: use FILE as dictionary
+ -f     : overwrite output without prompting
+ -k     : preserve source files(s)  (default)
+--rm    : remove source file(s) after successful de/compression
+ -h/-H  : display help/long help and exit
+
+Advanced arguments :
+ -V     : display Version number and exit
+ -v     : verbose mode
+ -q     : suppress warnings; specify twice to suppress errors too
+ -c     : force write to standard output, even if it is the console
+ -t     : test compressed file integrity
+ -m     : multiple input files (implies automatic output filenames)
+ -r     : operate recursively on directories (sets also -m)
+ -l     : compress using Legacy format (Linux kernel compression)
+ -B#    : cut file into blocks of size # bytes [32+]
+                     or predefined block size [4-7] (default: 7)
+ -BD    : Block dependency (improve compression ratio)
+ -BX    : enable block checksum (default:disabled)
+--no-frame-crc : disable stream checksum (default:enabled)
+--content-size : compressed frame includes original size (default:not present)
+--[no-]sparse  : sparse mode (default:enabled on file, disabled on stdout)
+--favor-decSpeed: compressed files decompress faster, but are less compressed
+--fast[=#]: switch to ultra fast compression level (default: 1)
+
+Benchmark arguments :
+ -b#    : benchmark file(s), using # compression level (default : 1)
+ -e#    : test all compression levels from -bX to # (default : 1)
+ -i#    : minimum evaluation time in seconds (default : 3s)```
+```
+
+#### License
+
+All files in this directory are licensed under GPL-v2.
+See [COPYING](COPYING) for details.
+The text of the license is also included at the top of each source file.