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.Dd March 1, 2014

.Dt BSDCAT 1

.Os

.Sh NAME

.Nm bsdcat

.Nd expand files to standard output

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.Nm

.Op options

.Op files

.Pp

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm

expands files to standard output.

.Sh OPTIONS

.Nm

typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a

pipe. In both cases decompressed data it written to standard output.

.Sh EXAMPLES

.Pp

To decompress a file:

.Pp

.Dl bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt

.Pp

To decompress standard input in a pipe:

.Pp

.Dl cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt

.Pp

Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting

output.

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr uncompress 1 ,

.Xr zcat 1 ,

.Xr bzcat 1 ,

.Xr xzcat 1 ,

.Xr libarchive-formats 5 ,