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authorDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 16:11:33 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 16:11:33 +0000
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Adding upstream version 0.5.upstream/0.5
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>
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@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 17 September 2009
-@set VERSION 0.4
+@set UPDATED 1 October 2009
+@set VERSION 0.5
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ Zcat is a wrapper script around the cat command that allows transparent
concatenation of any combination of compressed and non-compressed files.
If any given file is compressed, its uncompressed content is used. If a
given file does not exist, zcat tries the compressed file names
-corresponding to the supported compressors. The supported compressors
-are gzip, bzip2, lzip and xz.
+corresponding to the supported compressors. If no files are specified,
+the standard input is decompressed using the selected compressor and
+sent to stdout.
The format for running zcat is:
@@ -91,6 +92,18 @@ Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
@itemx -V
Print the version number of zcat on the standard output and exit.
+@item --gzip
+Use gzip as decompressor for stdin (default).
+
+@item --bzip2
+Use bzip2 as decompressor for stdin.
+
+@item --lzip
+Use lzip as decompressor for stdin.
+
+@item --xz
+Use xz as decompressor for stdin.
+
@end table
@@ -102,7 +115,7 @@ Print the version number of zcat on the standard output and exit.
Zdiff is a wrapper script around the diff and cmp commands that allows
transparent comparison of any combination of compressed and
non-compressed files. If any given file is compressed, its uncompressed
-content is used. The supported compressors are gzip, bzip2, lzip and xz.
+content is used.
@noindent
Zcmp is a shortcut for @samp{zdiff --cmp}
@@ -156,8 +169,9 @@ Zgrep is a wrapper script around the grep command that allows
transparent search on any combination of compressed and non-compressed
files. If any given file is compressed, its uncompressed content is
used. If a given file does not exist, zgrep tries the compressed file
-names corresponding to the supported compressors. The supported
-compressors are gzip, bzip2, lzip and xz.
+names corresponding to the supported compressors. If no files are
+specified, the standard input is decompressed using the selected
+compressor and fed to grep.
@noindent
Zegrep is a shortcut for @samp{zgrep -E}@*
@@ -185,6 +199,18 @@ Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
@itemx -V
Print the version number of zgrep on the standard output and exit.
+@item --gzip
+Use gzip as decompressor for stdin (default).
+
+@item --bzip2
+Use bzip2 as decompressor for stdin.
+
+@item --lzip
+Use lzip as decompressor for stdin.
+
+@item --xz
+Use xz as decompressor for stdin.
+
@end table