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.TH ZCAT "1" "February 2018" "zcat (zutils) 1.7" "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 supported formats.
.PP
If no files are specified, or 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
The supported formats 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\-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
.br
Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2018 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.