NAME

zmore, zless — view compressed files

SYNOPSIS

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 the user's preferred PAGER (which is /usr/bin/more by default).

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.

ENVIRONMENT

PAGER

Program used to display files. If unset, /usr/bin/more is used (zmore) or /usr/bin/less (zless).

SEE ALSO

compress(1), less(1), more(1)