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zgrep man page updated in new upstream release
[debian/gzip]
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zless.1
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zless.1
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zless.1
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-8,7
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zless \- file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
.I Zless
is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files
one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. It is the equivalent of
.I Zless
is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files
one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. It is the equivalent of
-setting the environment variable LESSOPEN to "|gzip -cdfq -- %s",
+setting the environment variable LESSOPEN to '|gzip -cdfq -- %s',
+and the environment variable LESSMETACHARS to
+\&'<space><tab><newline>;*?"()<>[|&^`#\e$%=~',
and then running
.IR less .
However, enough people seem to think that having the
and then running
.IR less .
However, enough people seem to think that having the
@@
-21,8
+23,12
@@
zmore(1), less(1)
.I Zless
does not work with compressed data that is piped to it via standard
input; it requires that input files be specified as arguments.
.I Zless
does not work with compressed data that is piped to it via standard
input; it requires that input files be specified as arguments.
+To read compressed data from a pipe, you can use
+.RB ".\|.\|." "|gunzip|less"
+instead of
+.RB ".\|.\|." "|zless" .
.SH "COPYRIGHT NOTICE"
.SH "COPYRIGHT NOTICE"
-Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 2006
-2007, 2015-2016
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
Copyright \(co 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
.PP
.br
Copyright \(co 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
.PP