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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. |