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diff --git a/cat/bsdcat.1 b/cat/bsdcat.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4f82b1e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/cat/bsdcat.1 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2014, Mike Kazantsev +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd March 1, 2014 +.Dt BSDCAT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bsdcat +.Nd expand files to standard output +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op options +.Op files +.Pp +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +expands files to standard output. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Nm +typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a +pipe. In both cases decompressed data it written to standard output. +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Pp +To decompress a file: +.Pp +.Dl bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt +.Pp +To decompress standard input in a pipe: +.Pp +.Dl cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt +.Pp +Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting +output. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr uncompress 1 , +.Xr zcat 1 , +.Xr bzcat 1 , +.Xr xzcat 1 , +.Xr libarchive-formats 5 , |