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zcat
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zcat

.SH Name
.SI 5
zcat -- view the contents of a compressed archive
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.SH Syntax
.SI 5
zcat <file(s)>
zcat {-l|--list} <file(s)>
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.SH Description
.SP 5 5
This command is used to view the contents of a gzip archive.  This will mainly
be of use for viewing compressed .o save files without having to call the 
uncompress_file() and compress_file() efuns.  It can also be used to list 
the contents of a gzip save file to see the compression statistics and
archive contents.
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.SH Example
.SI 5
> zcat /open/twords.txt.gz
Zcat started.
Tab
tabernacle
tabernacles
table
tableau
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.SH Example 2
.SI 5
> zcat --list /open/twords.txt.gz
Zcat started.
Compressed  uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
     5393     16779  68.0% open/twords.txt

.SH See also
.SP 5 5
cat, grep
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