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Old 09-10-2008
To view .gz files without decompressing it

hi,

I have a file called Archiver1.gz

how to view this file without doing gunzip on it i.e. decompressing it

i tried this command but its not working:

gzcat Archiver1.gz | tail -10
# 2  
Old 09-10-2008
Use zcat.
# 3  
Old 09-10-2008
Or gunzip -c.
# 4  
Old 09-10-2008
zcat Archiver1.gz---------> it's telling Archiver1.gz.Z: No such file or directory
# 5  
Old 09-10-2008
thanks gunzip -c is working
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