XZLESS(1) XZ Utils XZLESS(1)
NAME
xzless, lzless - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
SYNOPSIS
xzless [file...]
lzless [file...] (DEPRECATED)
DESCRIPTION
xzless is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a termi-
nal. Files supported by xz(1) are decompressed; other files are assumed
to be in uncompressed form already. If no files are given, xzless reads
from standard input.
xzless uses less(1) to present its output. Unlike xzmore, its choice of
pager cannot be altered by setting an environment variable. Commands
are based on both more(1) and vi(1) and allow back and forth movement
and searching. See the less(1) manual for more information.
The command named lzless is provided for backward compatibility with
LZMA Utils. It is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
ENVIRONMENT
LESSMETACHARS
A list of characters special to the shell. Set by xzless unless
it is already set in the environment.
LESSOPEN
Set to a command line to invoke the xz(1) decompressor for pre-
processing the input files to less(1).
SEE ALSO
less(1), xz(1), xzmore(1), zless(1)
Tukaani 2025-03-06 XZLESS(1)
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