ZCAT(1P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ZCAT(1P)PROLOG
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NAMEzcat — expand and concatenate data
SYNOPSISzcat [file...]
DESCRIPTION
The zcat utility shall write to standard output the uncompressed form
of files that have been compressed using the compress utility. It is
the equivalent of uncompress −c. Input files are not affected.
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
The following operand shall be supported:
file The pathname of a file previously processed by the compress
utility. If file already has the .Z suffix specified, it is
used as submitted. Otherwise, the .Z suffix is appended to
the filename prior to processing.
STDIN
The standard input shall be used only if no file operands are speci‐
fied, or if a file operand is '−'.
INPUT FILES
Input files shall be compressed files that are in the format produced
by the compress utility.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of zcat:
LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization vari‐
ables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions vol‐
ume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization Vari‐
ables for the precedence of internationalization variables
used to determine the values of locale categories.)
LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of
all the other internationalization variables.
LC_CTYPE Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as
opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).
LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format
and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard
error.
NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing
of LC_MESSAGES.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
The compressed files given as input shall be written on standard output
in their uncompressed form.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
EXAMPLES
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
compress, uncompress
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment
Variables
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri‐
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