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.TH ZCAT "1" "August 2009" "Zcat 0.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Zcat \- manual page for Zcat 0.2
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B zcat
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fICAT_OPTIONS\fR] [\fIFILES\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Zcat \- Cat wrapper for compressed files.
.PP
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 name corresponding to the default compressor selected.
The supported compressors are gzip, bzip2, lzip and xz.
.PP
CAT_OPTIONS are passed directly to cat.
The exit status from cat is preserved.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-gzip\fR
use gzip as default decompressor
.TP
\fB\-\-bzip2\fR
use bzip2 as default decompressor
.TP
\fB\-\-lzip\fR
use lzip as default decompressor (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-xz\fR
use xz as default decompressor
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org
Lzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2009 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This script is free software: you have unlimited permission
to copy, distribute and modify it.