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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-01-04 11:13:03 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-01-04 11:13:03 +0000
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parentReleasing debian version 1.7-8. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 1.8.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.1.
-.TH ZCAT "1" "February 2018" "zcat (zutils) 1.7" "User Commands"
+.TH ZCAT "1" "January 2019" "zcat (zutils) 1.8" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
zcat \- decompress and concatenate files to standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ zcat \- decompress and concatenate files to standard output
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.
+tries the compressed file names corresponding to the formats supported.
.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.
+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.
+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
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ suppress all messages
\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
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ 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.
+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.