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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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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}}`