1XZLESS(1)                          XZ Utils                          XZLESS(1)
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NAME

6       xzless, lzless - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
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SYNOPSIS

9       xzless [file...]
10       lzless [file...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       xzless  is  a  filter that displays pagefulls of uncompressed text from
14       compressed file(s) to a terminal.  It works on  files  compressed  with
15       xz(1)  or  lzma(1).   If no files are given, xzless reads from standard
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18       xzless uses less(1) as its only pager.  Unlike xzmore,  the  choice  of
19       pagers is not alterable by an environment variable.  Commands are based
20       on both more(1) and vi(1),  and  allow  back  and  forth  movement  and
21       searching.  See the less(1) manual for more information.
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23       The  command  named  lzless is provided for backward compatibility with
24       LZMA Utils.
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ENVIRONMENT

27       LESSMETACHARS
28              A list of characters special to the shell.  Set by xzless unless
29              it is already set in the environment.
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32              Set  to a command line to invoke the xz(1) decompressor for pre‐
33              processing the input files to less(1).
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SEE ALSO

36       less(1), xz(1), xzmore(1), zless(1)
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40Tukaani                           2009-07-05                         XZLESS(1)