bsdcat
—
expand files to standard output
bsdcat
expands files to standard output.
bsdcat
typically takes a filename as an
argument or reads standard input when used in a pipe. In both cases
decompressed data it written to standard output.
To decompress a file:
bsdcat example.txt.gz >
example.txt
To decompress standard input in a pipe:
cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat >
example.txt
Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting
output.
uncompress(1),
zcat(1),
bzcat(1),
xzcat(1),
libarchive-formats(5),