bsdcat - Man Page

bsdcat expands files to standard output.

bsdcat typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a pipe. In both cases decompressed data is written to standard output.

To decompress a file:

bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt

To decompress standard input in a pipe:

cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt

Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting output.

bzcat(1), uncompress(1), xzcat(1), zcat(1), libarchive-formats(5)