.DT zcat Discworld creator help zcat .SH Name .SI 5 zcat -- view the contents of a compressed archive .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 zcat <file(s)> zcat {-l|--list} <file(s)> .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 This command is used to view the contents of a gzip archive. This will mainly be of use for viewing compressed .o save files without having to call the uncompress_file() and compress_file() efuns. It can also be used to list the contents of a gzip save file to see the compression statistics and archive contents. .EP .SH Example .SI 5 > zcat /open/twords.txt.gz Zcat started. Tab tabernacle tabernacles table tableau .EI .SH Example 2 .SI 5 > zcat --list /open/twords.txt.gz Zcat started. Compressed uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name 5393 16779 68.0% open/twords.txt .SH See also .SP 5 5 cat, grep .EP