fabiolimace/zless

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Gzip tools like zcat

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zless

	#!/bin/sh

	zcat "$1" \| less

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zwc

	#!/bin/sh

	for file in "$@"; do echo -e "$(zcat "$file" \| wc) $file"; done;

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fabiolimace commented Feb 14, 2025 •

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Examples:

zless file.txt.gz

zwc file1.txt.gz file2.txt.gz file3.txt.gz

Notes:

Some distributions already have zless.
On Alpine Linux, add the gzip package.

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