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xzless — Display text from `xz` and `lzma` compressed files. See also: `less`. More information: <https://man

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Problem

How to use the xzless command: Display text from xz and lzma compressed files. See also: less. More information: <https://manned.org/xzless>.

Solution

xzless — Display text from xz and lzma compressed files. See also: less. More information: <https://manned.org/xzless>.

View a compressed file:

xzless {{path/to/file}}

View a compressed file and display line numbers:

xzless --LINE-NUMBERS {{path/to/file}}

View a compressed file and quit if the entire file can be displayed on the first screen:

xzless --quit-if-one-screen {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

View a compressed file

xzless {{path/to/file}}

View a compressed file and display line numbers

xzless --LINE-NUMBERS {{path/to/file}}

View a compressed file and quit if the entire file can be displayed on the first screen

xzless --quit-if-one-screen {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/xzless

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