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# zcat

> Print data from `gzip` compressed files to `stdout`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html>.

- Print the uncompressed contents of a `gzip` archive to `stdout`:

`zcat {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}`

- Print compression details of a `gzip` archive to `stdout`:

`zcat {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}`

- Test the integrity of a compressed file verbosely:

`zcat {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{[-t|--test]}} {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}`

- Suppress all warnings when decompressing a file:

`zcat {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}`

- Avoid any system crashes when decompressing a file (slower output):

`zcat --synchronous {{path/to/file.txt.gz}}`
