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zcat
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zcat
.SH Name
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zcat -- view the contents of a compressed archive
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.SH Syntax
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zcat <file(s)>
zcat {-l|--list} <file(s)>
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.SH Description
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This command is used to view the contents of a gzip archive. This will mainly
be of use for viewing compressed .o save files without having to call the
uncompress_file() and compress_file() efuns. It can also be used to list
the contents of a gzip save file to see the compression statistics and
archive contents.
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.SH Example
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> zcat /open/twords.txt.gz
Zcat started.
Tab
tabernacle
tabernacles
table
tableau
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.SH Example 2
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> zcat --list /open/twords.txt.gz
Zcat started.
Compressed uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
5393 16779 68.0% open/twords.txt
.SH See also
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cat, grep
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