reed(1) Autoscrolling Pager reed(1)NAMEbreed - prepare files for reed
SYNOPSISbreed [options] [filename]
DESCRIPTIONbreed prepares files for viewing by reed. Although the most common use
is viewing compressed files (.gz, .bz2, etc), it also supports many
other file formats. It can only take one filename as a parameter, how‐
ever.
breed has some advantages over other generic viewer programs (like
lessfile or zmore) because it can tell Reed the "real" filename so
bookmarks act correctly.
OPTIONS
Breed has the same options as Reed. In addition, if you have
/usr/bin/fold installed, Breed can word wrap text automatically, using
the -w parameter.
USAGEbreed supports all command line options reed does, although it only
allows one filename.
FILES
.html, .htm, .shtml
Uses Lynx. breed is also capable of using Lynx to download
remote files, for example
breed http://www.sacredchao.net/software/reed/
.bz2, .bz, .gz, .z
Uses bunzip2, bunzip, and gunzip, respectively. Uncompresses the
file and displays it. Note that the behaviour is different for
.tar.gz or .tar.bz2 files.
.tar, .tar.gz (.tgz), .tar.bz2 (.tb2), .tar.z
Displays a listing of files in the archive.
.arj, .zip (.jar), .lha, .lhz
Display a listing of the files in the archive. Requires unarj,
unzip, and lha respectively.
.rpm, .deb
Display information about the package. Requires rpm and dpkg.
.pdf, .ps, .doc
Display an approximation of the document. Requires pdftotext,
ps2ascii, and catdoc, respectively.
.pdb View a Palm DOC file. Requires doctotext, from the Pyrite Pub‐
lisher package.
.gpg Decrypt a file and display the contents. Requires gpg.
BUGS
Decrypting .gpg files creates an intermediate file with the plaintext
contents. This file is deleted when you exit Reed, and is mode 0400,
however, the file is still plaintext on your hard drive for as long as
you're reading it (and probably longer still in your RAM).
SEE ALSOreed(1), fold(1)SCOL February 3rd, 2002 reed(1)
