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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 al‐
       tered 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.

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                                      2010-09-27                                    XZLESS(1)