1BSDCAT(1)                 BSD General Commands Manual                BSDCAT(1)
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NAME

4     bsdcat — expand files to standard output
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SYNOPSIS

7     bsdcat [options] [files]
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DESCRIPTION

10     bsdcat expands files to standard output.
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OPTIONS

13     bsdcat typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input
14     when used in a pipe.  In both cases decompressed data it written to stan‐
15     dard output.
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EXAMPLES

18     To decompress a file:
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20           bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt
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22     To decompress standard input in a pipe:
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24           cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt
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26     Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirect‐
27     ing output.
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SEE ALSO

30     bzcat(1), uncompress(1), xzcat(1), zcat(1), libarchive-formats(5)
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