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@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 1 October 2009
-@set VERSION 0.5
+@set UPDATED 5 October 2009
+@set VERSION 0.6
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ 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. If no files are specified,
-the standard input is decompressed using the selected compressor and
-sent to stdout.
+data is read from standard input, decompressed if needed, and sent to
+stdout. Data read from standard input must be of the same type; all
+uncompressed or all compressed with the same compressor.
The format for running zcat is:
@@ -92,18 +93,6 @@ 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
@@ -170,8 +159,9 @@ 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. If no files are
-specified, the standard input is decompressed using the selected
-compressor and fed to grep.
+specified, data is read from standard input, decompressed if needed, and
+fed to grep. Data read from standard input must be of the same type; all
+uncompressed or all compressed with the same compressor.
@noindent
Zegrep is a shortcut for @samp{zgrep -E}@*
@@ -199,18 +189,6 @@ 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