ZMORE(1) | General Commands Manual | ZMORE(1)

# NAME

`zmore`, `zless` — view compressed files

# SYNOPSIS

`zmore` | [flags] [file ...]

`zless` | [flags] [file ...]

# DESCRIPTION

`zmore` is a filter that allows the viewing of files compressed with Lempel-Ziv encoding. Such files generally have a “Z” or “gz” extension (both the compress(1) and gzip(1) formats are supported). Any flags that are specified are passed to more(1) or less(1), respectively.

`zless` is equivalent to `zmore` but uses less(1) as a pager instead of more(1).

When multiple files are specified, `zmore` will pause at the end of each file and present the following prompt to the user:

    prev_file (END) - Next: next_file

Where prev_file is the file that was just displayed and next_file is the next file to be displayed. The following keys are recognized at the prompt:

`e` or `q`
  quit `zmore`.
`s`
  skip the next file (or exit if the next file is the last).

If no files are specified, `zmore` will read from the standard input. In this mode `zmore` will assume gzip(1) style compression since there is no suffix on which to make a decision.

# SEE ALSO

compress(1), gzip(1), less(1), more(1)

January 25, 2019 | Debian