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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 .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 is written to standard output. .Sh EXAMPLES To decompress a file:
p .Dl bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt
p To decompress standard input in a pipe:
p .Dl cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt
p Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting output. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bzcat 1 , .Xr uncompress 1 , .Xr xzcat 1 , .Xr zcat 1 , .Xr libarchive-formats 5
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