NAME

       xzless, lzless - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files

SYNOPSIS

       xzless [file...]
       lzless [file...]

DESCRIPTION

       xzless  is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a terminal.  Files supported by xz(1) are
       decompressed; other files are assumed to be in uncompressed form already.  If no files are given,  xzless
       reads from standard input.

       xzless  uses  less(1)  to  present  its  output.  Unlike xzmore, its choice of pager cannot be altered by
       setting an environment variable.  Commands are based on both more(1) and vi(1) and allow back  and  forth
       movement and searching.  See the less(1) manual for more information.

       The command named lzless is provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils.

ENVIRONMENT

       LESSMETACHARS
              A  list  of  characters  special  to  the  shell.   Set  by xzless unless it is already set in the
              environment.

       LESSOPEN
              Set to a command line to invoke the xz(1)  decompressor  for  preprocessing  the  input  files  to
              less(1).

SEE ALSO

       less(1), xz(1), xzmore(1), zless(1)

Tukaani                                            2024-02-12                                          XZLESS(1)