On 26/06/00 15:53 +0530, Shanker Balan spewed into the LI bitstream:

>
>Hi dudes,
>
>Any idea how i can use 'less' to view compressed text files like README.gz?
>


$ gzcat foo.txt.gz|less

If a binary (such as a few DOS readmes / fortunes.db etc), then try

$ strings readme.exe.gz|less

hth
-suresh

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                -- The Doctor

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