man/cat1p/zcat.1p.txt
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ZCAT(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ZCAT(P)
NAME zcat - expand and concatenate data SYNOPSIS zcat [file...] DESCRIPTION The zcat utility shall write to standard output the uncompressed form of files that have been compressed using the compress utility. It is the equivalent of uncompress -c. Input files are not affected. OPTIONS None. OPERANDS The following operand shall be supported: file The pathname of a file previously processed by the compress utility. If file already has the .Z suffix specified, it is used as submitted. Other- wise, the .Z suffix is appended to the filename prior to processing. STDIN The standard input shall be used only if no file operands are specified, or if a file operand is '-' . INPUT FILES Input files shall be compressed files that are in the format produced by the compress utility. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables shall affect the execution of zcat: LANG Provide a default value for the internationaliza- tion variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale cate- gories.) LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables. LC_CTYPE Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi- byte characters in arguments). LC_MESSAGES Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic mes- sages written to standard error. NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES . ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS Default. STDOUT The compressed files given as input shall be written on standard output in their uncompressed form. STDERR The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. OUTPUT FILES None. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION None. EXIT STATUS The following exit values shall be returned: 0 Successful completion. >0 An error occurred. CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS Default. The following sections are informative. APPLICATION USAGE None. EXAMPLES None. RATIONALE None. FUTURE DIRECTIONS None. SEE ALSO compress , uncompress COPYRIGHT Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operat- ing System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Speci- fications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Insti- tute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.open- group.org/unix/online.html . IEEE/The Open Group 2003 ZCAT(P) |