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This is zutils.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from
zutils.texinfo.
INFO-DIR-SECTION Data Compression
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* Zutils: (zutils). Utilities dealing with compressed files
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File: zutils.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir)
Zutils Manual
*************
This manual is for Zutils (version 0.9, 11 January 2011).
* Menu:
* Introduction:: Purpose and features of zutils
* Zcat:: Concatenating compressed files
* Zcmp:: Comparing compressed files byte by byte
* Zdiff:: Comparing compressed files line by line
* Zgrep:: Searching inside compressed files
* Ztest:: Testing integrity of compressed files
* Problems:: Reporting bugs
* Concept Index:: Index of concepts
Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to
copy, distribute and modify it.
File: zutils.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Zcat, Prev: Top, Up: Top
1 Introduction
**************
Zutils is a collection of utilities able to deal with any combination of
compressed and non-compressed files transparently. If any given file,
including standard input, is compressed, its uncompressed content is
used. Compressed files are decompressed on the fly; no temporary files
are created. These utilities are not wrapper scripts but safer and more
efficient C++ programs. In particular the `--recursive' option is very
efficient in those utilities supporting it.
The provided utilities are zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zgrep and ztest.
The supported compressors are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.
Numbers given as arguments to options (positions, sizes) may be
followed by a multiplier and an optional `B' for "byte".
Table of SI and binary prefixes (unit multipliers):
Prefix Value | Prefix Value
k kilobyte (10^3 = 1000) | Ki kibibyte (2^10 = 1024)
M megabyte (10^6) | Mi mebibyte (2^20)
G gigabyte (10^9) | Gi gibibyte (2^30)
T terabyte (10^12) | Ti tebibyte (2^40)
P petabyte (10^15) | Pi pebibyte (2^50)
E exabyte (10^18) | Ei exbibyte (2^60)
Z zettabyte (10^21) | Zi zebibyte (2^70)
Y yottabyte (10^24) | Yi yobibyte (2^80)
File: zutils.info, Node: Zcat, Next: Zcmp, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
2 Zcat
******
Zcat copies each given file (`-' means standard input), to standard
output. If any given file is compressed, its uncompressed 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 compressors. If no files are specified,
data is 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 compressed with the same compressor.
The format for running zcat is:
zcat [OPTIONS] [FILES]
Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, 1 otherwise.
Zcat supports the following options:
`-h'
`--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
`-V'
`--version'
Print the version number of zcat on the standard output and exit.
`-A'
`--show-all'
Equivalent to `-vET'.
`-b'
`--number-nonblank'
Number all nonblank output lines, starting with 1. The line count
is unlimited.
`-e'
Equivalent to `-vE'.
`-E'
`--show-ends'
Print a `$' after the end of each line.
`-n'
`--number'
Number all output lines, starting with 1. The line count is
unlimited.
`-q'
`--quiet'
Quiet operation. Suppress all messages.
`-r'
`--recursive'
Operate recursively on directories.
`-s'
`--squeeze-blank'
Replace multiple adjacent blank lines with a single blank line.
`-t'
Equivalent to `-vT'.
`-T'
`--show-tabs'
Print TAB characters as `^I'.
`-v'
`--show-nonprinting'
Print control characters except for LF (newline) and TAB using `^'
notation and precede characters larger than 127 with `M-' (which
stands for "meta").
`--verbose'
Verbose mode. Show error messages.
File: zutils.info, Node: Zcmp, Next: Zdiff, Prev: Zcat, Up: Top
3 Zcmp
******
Zcmp compares two files (`-' means standard input), and if they differ,
tells the first byte and line number where they differ. Bytes and lines
are numbered starting with 1. If any given file is compressed, its
uncompressed content is used. Compressed files are decompressed on the
fly; no temporary files are created.
The format for running zcmp is:
zcmp [OPTIONS] FILE1 [FILE2]
Compares FILE1 to FILE2. If FILE2 is omitted zcmp tries the following:
If FILE1 is compressed, compares FILE1 to the file with the
corresponding decompressed file name (removes the extension from FILE1).
If FILE1 is not compressed, compares FILE1 to the uncompressed contents
of FILE1.[bz2|gz|lz|xz] (the first one that is found).
If no suitable file is found, compares FILE1 to data read from standard
input.
An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
Zcmp supports the following options:
`-h'
`--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
`-V'
`--version'
Print the version number of zcmp on the standard output and exit.
`-b'
`--print-bytes'
Print the differing bytes. Print control bytes as a `^' followed by
a letter, and precede bytes larger than 127 with `M-' (which stands
for "meta").
`-i SIZE'
`--ignore-initial=SIZE'
Ignore any differences in the first SIZE bytes of the input files.
Treat files with fewer than SIZE bytes as if they were empty. If
SIZE is in the form `SIZE1,SIZE2', ignore the first SIZE1 bytes of
the first input file and the first SIZE2 bytes of the second input
file.
`-l'
`-v'
`--list'
`--verbose'
Print the byte numbers (in decimal) and values (in octal) of all
differing bytes.
`-n COUNT'
`--bytes=COUNT'
Compare at most COUNT input bytes.
`-q'
`-s'
`--quiet'
`--silent'
Do not print anything; only return an exit status indicating
whether the files differ.
File: zutils.info, Node: Zdiff, Next: Zgrep, Prev: Zcmp, Up: Top
4 Zdiff
*******
Zdiff compares two files (`-' means standard input), and if they
differ, shows the differences line by line. If any given file is
compressed, its uncompressed content is used. Zdiff is a front end to
the diff program and has the limitation that messages from diff refer to
temporary filenames instead of those specified.
The format for running zdiff is:
zdiff [OPTIONS] FILE1 [FILE2]
Compares FILE1 to FILE2. If FILE2 is omitted zdiff tries the following:
If FILE1 is compressed, compares FILE1 to the file with the
corresponding decompressed file name (removes the extension from FILE1).
If FILE1 is not compressed, compares FILE1 to the uncompressed contents
of FILE1.[bz2|gz|lz|xz] (the first one that is found).
If no suitable file is found, compares FILE1 to data read from standard
input.
An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
Zdiff supports the following options:
`-h'
`--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
`-V'
`--version'
Print the version number of zdiff on the standard output and exit.
`-a'
`--text'
Treat all files as text.
`-b'
`--ignore-space-change'
Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
`-B'
`--ignore-blank-lines'
Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
`-c'
Use the context output format.
`-C N'
`--context=N'
Same as -c but use N lines of context.
`-d'
`--minimal'
Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
`-E'
`--ignore-tab-expansion'
Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
`-i'
`--ignore-case'
Ignore case differences in file contents.
`-p'
`--show-c-function'
Show which C function each change is in.
`-q'
`--brief'
Output only whether files differ.
`-s'
`--report-identical-files'
Report when two files are identical.
`-t'
`--expand-tabs'
Expand tabs to spaces in output.
`-T'
`--initial-tab'
Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
`-u'
Use the unified output format.
`-U N'
`--unified=N'
Same as -u but use N lines of context.
`-w'
`--ignore-all-space'
Ignore all white space.
File: zutils.info, Node: Zgrep, Next: Ztest, Prev: Zdiff, Up: Top
5 Zgrep
*******
Zgrep is a front end to the grep program 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, and its name does not end with one of the known
extensions, zgrep tries the compressed file names corresponding to the
supported compressors. If no files are 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.
The format for running zgrep is:
zgrep [OPTIONS] PATTERN [FILES]
An exit status of 0 means at least one match was found, 1 means no
matches were found, and 2 means trouble.
Zgrep supports the following options:
`--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
`-V'
`--version'
Print the version number of zgrep on the standard output and exit.
`-a'
`--text'
Treat all files as text.
`-A N'
`--after-context=N'
Print N lines of trailing context.
`-b'
`--byte-offset'
Print the byte offset of each line.
`-B N'
`--before-context=N'
Print N lines of leading context.
`-c'
`--count'
Only print a count of matching lines per file.
`-C N'
`--context=N'
Print N lines of output context.
`-e PATTERN'
`--regexp=PATTERN'
Use PATTERN as the pattern to match.
`-E'
`--extended-regexp'
Treat PATTERN as an extended regular expression.
`-f FILE'
`--file=FILE'
Obtain patterns from FILE, one per line.
`-F'
`--fixed-strings'
Treat PATTERN as a set of newline-separated strings.
`-h'
`--no-filename'
Suppress the prefixing filename on output.
`-H'
`--with-filename'
Print the filename for each match.
`-i'
`--ignore-case'
Ignore case distinctions.
`-I'
Ignore binary files.
`-l'
`--files-with-matches'
Only print names of files containing at least one match.
`-L'
`--files-without-match'
Only print names of files not containing any matches.
`-m N'
`--max-count=N'
Stop after N matches.
`-n'
`--line-number'
Prefix each matched line with its line number in the input file.
`-o'
`--only-matching'
Show only the part of matching lines that actually matches PATTERN.
`-q'
`--quiet'
Suppress all messages.
`-r'
`--recursive'
Operate recursively on directories.
`-s'
`--no-messages'
Suppress error messages.
`-v'
`--invert-match'
Select non-matching lines.
`--verbose'
Verbose mode. Show error messages.
`-w'
`--word-regexp'
Match only whole words.
`-x'
`--line-regexp'
Match only whole lines.
File: zutils.info, Node: Ztest, Next: Problems, Prev: Zgrep, Up: Top
6 Ztest
*******
Ztest verifies the integrity of the specified compressed files.
Non-compressed files are ignored. If no files are specified, the
integrity of compressed data read from standard input is verified. Data
read from standard input must be all compressed with the same
compressor.
The format for running ztest is:
ztest [OPTIONS] [FILES]
The exit status is 0 if all files verify OK, 1 for environmental
problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate
a corrupt or invalid input file.
Ztest supports the following options:
`-h'
`--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
`-V'
`--version'
Print the version number of ztest on the standard output and exit.
`-q'
`--quiet'
Quiet operation. Suppress all messages.
`-r'
`--recursive'
Operate recursively on directories.
`-v'
`--verbose'
Verbose mode. Show the verify status for each file processed.
Further -v's increase the verbosity level.
File: zutils.info, Node: Problems, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Ztest, Up: Top
7 Reporting Bugs
****************
There are probably bugs in zutils. There are certainly errors and
omissions in this manual. If you report them, they will get fixed. If
you don't, no one will ever know about them and they will remain unfixed
for all eternity, if not longer.
If you find a bug in zutils, please send electronic mail to
<zutils-bug@nongnu.org>. Include the version number, which you can find
by running `zutils --version'.
File: zutils.info, Node: Concept Index, Prev: Problems, Up: Top
Concept Index
*************
[index ]
* Menu:
* bugs: Problems. (line 6)
* getting help: Problems. (line 6)
* introduction: Introduction. (line 6)
* zcat: Zcat. (line 6)
* zcmp: Zcmp. (line 6)
* zdiff: Zdiff. (line 6)
* zgrep: Zgrep. (line 6)
* ztest: Ztest. (line 6)
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