then there's also my fav: zcat file.gz > file and of course bzcat file.bz2 > file
and also zgrep "pattern" /var/log/kern.log.4.gz zegrep zless file.gz zmore zdiff file1.gz file2.gz zcmp and one I just discovered: gzexe (1) - compress executable files in place It compresses executables and uncompresses them on the fly, but I haven't tried it. Part of the gzip package. Cory -----Original Message----- From: Jacob Meuser [mailto:jakemsr@;jakemsr.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 5:33 PM To: EUGLUG Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]extract to here On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 04:22:38PM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:30, Mike O wrote: > > gunzip filename.gz > > tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz > > > > couldn't resist. > > The gunzip worked but it deleted the original file.Is there some way to > stop it from doing this? $ gunzip -c file.gz > file -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
