zcat Command zcat
Concatenate a compressed file
zcat [ file ... ]
zcat concatenates one or more files that had been compressed with
the command compress. It uncompresses each file ``on the fly,''
and prints the uncompressed text onto the standard output.
If no file is specified on the command, zcat uncompresses matter
read from the standard input.
Older versions of zcat could only uncompress files that had been
compressed with option -b12 or lower, with -b12 being the default
if the option was omitted. This release of zcat now handles
values up to -b16 by using RAM device /dev/ram1 for temporary
storage. For this reason, it is strongly advised that you not
use /dev/ram1 as a RAM disk.
***** See Also *****
commands, compress, ram, uncompress
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