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zcat

Decompress gzipped files to stdout; can read arbitrary files.

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zcat
zcat

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

system.file.read

Contract

Outputs

process.output

Command execution output

Side effects: process_spawn

Workflow Edges

Produces

process.output

Resource Profile

ResourceValue
CPUlow
Memory16 MB
Networknone
Disk I/Olow

Examples

Read arbitrary files (sudo, unprivileged)

zcat -f /path/to/input-file

Documentation

zcat

zcat is a command-line utility. Decompress gzipped files to stdout; can also read arbitrary files.

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