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xzless

Display text from xz and lzma compressed files. See also: less. More information: https://manned.org/xzless.

  • View a compressed file:

xzless {{path/to/file}}

  • View a compressed file and display line numbers:

xzless --LINE-NUMBERS {{path/to/file}}

  • View a compressed file and quit if the entire file can be displayed on the first screen:

xzless --quit-if-one-screen {{path/to/file}}