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:
-
-
- e
or q
- quit zmore.
-
-
- s
- skip the next file (or exit if the next file is the
last).
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)