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ZCAT(1) User Commands ZCAT(1)

NAME

zcat - decompress and concatenate files to standard output

SYNOPSIS

zcat [options] [files]

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.

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.

The supported formats are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.

Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, non-zero otherwise.

OPTIONS

display this help and exit
output version information and exit
equivalent to '-vET'
number nonblank output lines
equivalent to '-vE'
display '$' at end of each line
process only the formats in <list>
number all output lines
don't read runtime configuration file
force given format (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
suppress all messages
operate recursively on directories
never more than one single blank line
equivalent to '-vT'
display TAB characters as '^I'
use '^' and 'M-' notation, except for LF and TAB
verbose mode (show error messages)
set compressor and options for bzip2 format
set compressor and options for gzip format
set compressor and options for lzip format
set compressor and options for xz format

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to zutils-bug@nongnu.org
Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

February 2018 zcat (zutils) 1.7