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BSDCAT(1)

General Commands Manual

BSDCAT(1)

NAME

bsdcat — expand files to standard output

SYNOPSIS

bsdcat [options] [files]

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 it written to standard output.

EXAMPLES

To decompress a file:

bsdcat example.txt.gz >
  example.txt

To decompress standard input in a pipe:

cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat >
  example.txt

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