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)

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