xzless(1)

XZLESS(1)                   XZ Utils                    XZLESS(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

     xzless [file...]
     lzless [file...]

DESCRIPTION

     xzless is a filter that displays text from compressed  files
     to  a  terminal.  It works on files compressed with xz(1) or
     lzma(1).  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 environ-
     ment 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  compati-
     bility with LZMA Utils.

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 preprocessing the input files to less(1).

SEE ALSO

     less(1), xz(1), xzmore(1), zless(1)

Tukaani              Last change: 2010-09-27                    1