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| Newer page: | version 13 | Last edited on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 10:46:07 am | by zcat(1) | Revert |
| Older page: | version 12 | Last edited on Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:00:37 pm | by AdamPippin | Revert |
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-__Note:__ "zcat" is also the nickname of BruceKingsbury.
+__Note:__ "zcat" is also the nickname of BruceKingsbury. ([homepage|http:/zcat.wired.net.nz/])
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__zcat__ is used for decompressing ".gz" zipped files and writing them to standard output. It behaves exactly as if you had typed "gzip -d -c" instead (-d decompresses, -c writes to stdout).
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Another example (make sure to have your speakers on!):
$ zcat /vmlinuz > /dev/audio
+(BruceKingsbury notes; this is a pointless example at best, the difference between compressed and uncompressed executable code, or /dev/urandom for that matter, piped into /dev/audio is fairly insignificant. Also; zcat: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5: not in gzip format)
