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Zutils Manual
*************
This manual is for Zutils (version 1.4-pre2, 30 April 2015).
This manual is for Zutils (version 1.4, 29 May 2015).
* Menu:
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The supported formats are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.
The compressor to be used for each format is configurable at runtime.
Zcat, zcmp, zdiff, and zgrep are improved replacements for the shell
scripts provided by GNU gzip. Ztest is unique to zutils. Zupdate is
zcat, zcmp, zdiff, and zgrep are improved replacements for the shell
scripts provided by GNU gzip. ztest is unique to zutils. zupdate is
similar to gzip's znew.
NOTE: Bzip2 and lzip provide well-defined values of exit status,
@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ which makes them safe to use with zutils. Gzip and xz may return
ambiguous warning values, making them less reliable back ends for
zutils. *Note compressor-requirements::.
FORMAT NOTE: The "-format" option allows the processing of a subset
FORMAT NOTE: The '--format' option allows the processing of a subset
of formats in search and recursive modes:
'zgrep foo -r --format=bz2,lz somedir'.
FORMAT NOTE 2: If the '--force-format' option is given, the files are
passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format,
allowing for example the processing of compress'd (.Z) files with gzip:
'zcmp --force-format=gz file.Z file.lz'.
FORMAT NOTE 2: If the '--force-format' option is given, the files
are passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their
format, allowing for example the processing of compress'd (.Z) files
with gzip: 'zcmp --force-format=gz file.Z file.lz'.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Uncompressed = not compressed = plain data; it may
never have been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which
@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ described here.
'-h'
'--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
Zgrep only supports the '--help' form of this option.
zgrep only supports the '--help' form of this option.
'-V'
'--version'
@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ described here.
'-M FORMAT_LIST'
'--format=FORMAT_LIST'
Exclude formats not listed in the comma-separated FORMAT_LIST.
Valid formats are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz' and 'un' for
'uncompressed', meaning "any file name without a known extension".
This option excludes files based on extension, instead of format,
because it is more efficient. The exclusion only applies to names
generated automatically (for example when adding extensions to a
file name or when operating recursively on directories). Files
given in the command line are always processed.
Process only the formats listed in the comma-separated
FORMAT_LIST. Valid formats are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz' and 'un'
for 'uncompressed', meaning "any file name without a known
extension". This option excludes files based on extension, instead
of format, because it is more efficient. The exclusion only
applies to names generated automatically (for example when adding
extensions to a file name or when operating recursively on
directories). Files given in the command line are always processed.
Each format in FORMAT_LIST enables file names with the following
extensions:
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4 Zcat
******
Zcat copies each given file ('-' means standard input), to standard
zcat copies each given file ('-' means standard input), to standard
output. If any given file is compressed, its decompressed content is
used. If a given file does not exist, and its name does not end with one
of the known extensions, zcat tries the compressed file names
@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ same compression format.
Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, non-zero otherwise.
Zcat supports the following options:
zcat supports the following options:
'-A'
'--show-all'
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ File: zutils.info, Node: Zcmp, Next: Zdiff, Prev: Zcat, Up: Top
5 Zcmp
******
Zcmp compares two files ('-' means standard input), and if they differ,
zcmp compares two files ('-' means standard input), and if they differ,
tells the first byte and line number where they differ. Bytes and lines
are numbered starting with 1. If any given file is compressed, its
decompressed content is used. Compressed files are decompressed on the
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An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
Zcmp supports the following options:
zcmp supports the following options:
'-b'
'--print-bytes'
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6 Zdiff
*******
Zdiff compares two files ('-' means standard input), and if they
zdiff compares two files ('-' means standard input), and if they
differ, shows the differences line by line. If any given file is
compressed, its decompressed content is used. Zdiff is a front end to
compressed, its decompressed content is used. zdiff is a front end to
the diff program and has the limitation that messages from diff refer to
temporary file names instead of those specified.
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An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
Zdiff supports the following options:
zdiff supports the following options:
'-a'
'--text'
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7 Zgrep
*******
Zgrep is a front end to the grep program that allows transparent search
zgrep is a front end to the grep program that allows transparent search
on any combination of compressed and uncompressed files. If any given
file is compressed, its decompressed content is used. If a given file
does not exist, and its name does not end with one of the known
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An exit status of 0 means at least one match was found, 1 means no
matches were found, and 2 means trouble.
Zgrep supports the following options:
zgrep supports the following options:
'-a'
'--text'
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8 Ztest
*******
Ztest verifies the integrity of the specified compressed files.
ztest verifies the integrity of the specified compressed files.
Uncompressed files are ignored. If no files are specified, the integrity
of compressed data read from standard input is verified. Data read from
standard input must be all in the same compression format.
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environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc),
2 if any compressed file is corrupt or invalid.
Ztest supports the following options:
ztest supports the following options:
'-O FORMAT'
'--force-format=FORMAT'
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9 Zupdate
*********
Zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip
zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip
format. The originals are compared with the new files and then deleted.
Only regular files with standard file name extensions are recompressed,
other files are ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then
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recompressed (if needed), compared and deleted (if requested). Non-zero
otherwise.
Zupdate supports the following options:
zupdate supports the following options:
'-f'
'--force'
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Tag Table:
Node: Top222
Node: Introduction1149
Node: Common options3698
Ref: compressor-requirements5451
Node: The zutilsrc file5823
Node: Zcat6749
Node: Zcmp8796
Node: Zdiff11256
Node: Zgrep13896
Node: Ztest16991
Node: Zupdate18495
Node: Problems21370
Node: Concept index21904
Node: Introduction1142
Node: Common options3692
Ref: compressor-requirements5450
Node: The zutilsrc file5822
Node: Zcat6748
Node: Zcmp8795
Node: Zdiff11255
Node: Zgrep13895
Node: Ztest16990
Node: Zupdate18494
Node: Problems21369
Node: Concept index21903

End Tag Table