X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=zless.1;h=93a443ebbfa2b192c1e21c320fb7aa468aa1574f;hb=bb237929fec6af7764d532c4e5348c9990f8e87e;hp=c73c69a841d96132e25357ca9d1d73bf200a9860;hpb=0d5a754ba8f2cc33e98d48d559f0ad6cd18a43a3;p=debian%2Fgzip diff --git a/zless.1 b/zless.1 index c73c69a..93a443e 100644 --- a/zless.1 +++ b/zless.1 @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ 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 -setting the environment variable LESSOPEN to "|gzip -cdfq -- %s", +setting the environment variable LESSOPEN to '|gzip -cdfq -- %s', +and the environment variable LESSMETACHARS to +\&';*?"()<>[|&^`#\e$%=~', 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. +To read compressed data from a pipe, you can use +.RB ".\|.\|." "|gunzip|less" +instead of +.RB ".\|.\|." "|zless" . .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