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.TH ZCAT "1" "January 2019" "zcat (zutils) 1.8" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
zcat \- decompress and concatenate files to standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B zcat
[\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Zcat copies each given file to standard output. If any given file is
compressed, its decompressed content is used. If a given file does not
exist, and its name does not end with one of the known extensions, zcat
tries the compressed file names corresponding to the formats supported.
.PP
If a file is specified as '\-', data are read from standard input,
decompressed if needed, and sent to standard output. Data read from
standard input must be of the same type; all uncompressed or all in the
same compression format.
.PP
If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current
working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.
.PP
The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.
.PP
Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, non\-zero otherwise.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
equivalent to '\-vET'
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-number\-nonblank\fR
number nonblank output lines
.TP
\fB\-e\fR
equivalent to '\-vE'
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-show\-ends\fR
display '$' at end of each line
.TP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-format=\fR<list>
process only the formats in <list>
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR
number all output lines
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-no\-rcfile\fR
don't read runtime configuration file
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format=\fR<fmt>
force given format (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress all messages
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
operate recursively on directories
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\-recursive\fR
recursively follow symbolic links
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-squeeze\-blank\fR
never more than one single blank line
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
equivalent to '\-vT'
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-show\-tabs\fR
display TAB characters as '^I'
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-show\-nonprinting\fR
use '^' and 'M\-' notation, except for LF and TAB
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbose mode (show error messages)
.TP
\fB\-\-bz2=\fR<command>
set compressor and options for bzip2 format
.TP
\fB\-\-gz=\fR<command>
set compressor and options for gzip format
.TP
\fB\-\-lz=\fR<command>
set compressor and options for lzip format
.TP
\fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
set compressor and options for xz format
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
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Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.