NAME¶

bsdcat — expand files to standard output

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

bsdcat expands files to standard output.

OPTIONS¶

bsdcat typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a pipe. In both cases decompressed data is written to standard output.

EXAMPLES¶

To decompress a file:

To decompress standard input in a pipe:

Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting output.

SEE ALSO¶

bzcat(1), uncompress(1), xzcat(1), zcat(1), libarchive-formats(5)