NAME

       Zcat - decompress and concatenate files to standard output

SYNOPSIS

       zcat [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       Zcat  copies  each  given  file  ("-"  means  standard  input),  to standard output. If any given file is
       compressed, its uncompressed 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
       compressors. If no files are specified, data is 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
       compressed with the same compressor.  The supported compressors are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.

       Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, 1 otherwise.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

       -A, --show-all
              equivalent to `-vET'

       -b, --number-nonblank
              number nonblank output lines

       -e     equivalent to `-vE'

       -E, --show-ends
              display `$' at end of each line

       -n, --number
              number all output lines

       -q, --quiet
              suppress all messages

       -r, --recursive
              operate recursively on directories

       -s, --squeeze-blank
              never more than one single blank line

       -t     equivalent to `-vT'

       -T, --show-tabs
              display TAB characters as `^I'

       -v, --show-nonprinting
              use `^' and `M-' notation, except for LF and TAB

       --verbose
              verbose mode (show error messages)

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright   ©   2011   Antonio   Diaz   Diaz.    License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   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.

Zcat (zutils) 0.9                                 January 2011                                           ZCAT(1)