NAME
zmore, zless
— view compressed
files
SYNOPSIS
zmore |
[flags] [file ...] |
zless |
[flags] [file ...] |
DESCRIPTION
zmore is a filter that allows the viewing
of files compressed with Lempel-Ziv encoding. Such files generally have a
“Z” or “gz” extension (both the
compress(1) and
gzip(1) formats are supported). Any flags that
are specified are passed to
more(1) or less(1), respectively.
zless is equivalent to
zmore but uses
less(1) as a pager instead of
more(1).
When multiple files are specified, zmore
will pause at the end of each file and present the following prompt to the
user:
prev_file (END) - Next: next_file
Where prev_file is the file that was just displayed and next_file is the next file to be displayed. The following keys are recognized at the prompt:
If no files are specified, zmore will read
from the standard input. In this mode zmore will
assume gzip(1) style compression since there is no suffix on which to make a
decision.