BSDCAT(1) General Commands Manual BSDCAT(1)
NAME
bsdcat — expand files to standard output
SYNOPSIS
bsdcat [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
bsdcat expands files to standard output.
OPTIONS
bsdcat typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a pipe. In both cases decompressed data it written to standard output.
EXAMPLES
To decompress a file:
bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt
To decompress standard input in a pipe:
cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt
Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting output.
SEE ALSO
bzcat(1), uncompress(1), xzcat(1), zcat(1), libarchive-formats(5) GNU March 1, 2014 BSDCAT(1)