lzcat
TLDR
Decompress to stdout
$ lzcat [file.lz]
Decompress multiple files$ lzcat [file1.lz] [file2.lz]
Decompress and pipe$ lzcat [archive.tar.lz] | tar -xf -
Verbose output$ lzcat -v [file.lz]
SYNOPSIS
lzcat [options] [files...]
DESCRIPTION
lzcat decompresses lzip files to standard output. It's equivalent to "lzip -dc" and functions like zcat for gzip files.
lzcat is useful for viewing compressed files or piping decompressed data to other programs without creating intermediate files.
PARAMETERS
-v, --verbose
Verbose output.-q, --quiet
Suppress warnings.-t, --test
Test integrity.--help
Show help.--version
Show version.
EXAMPLE USAGE
$ # View compressed log
lzcat system.log.lz | less
# Extract tar archive
lzcat archive.tar.lz | tar xvf -
# Compare compressed files
diff <(lzcat file1.lz) <(lzcat file2.lz)
lzcat system.log.lz | less
# Extract tar archive
lzcat archive.tar.lz | tar xvf -
# Compare compressed files
diff <(lzcat file1.lz) <(lzcat file2.lz)
CAVEATS
Only handles lzip format. For other formats use zcat, xzcat, bzcat. Cannot compress; use lzip for that.
HISTORY
lzcat is part of the lzip package created by Antonio Diaz Diaz as a cleaner implementation of LZMA compression.
