XZLESS(1) XZ Utils XZLESS(1)

xzless, lzless - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files

xzless [file...]
lzless [file...] (DEPRECATED)

xzless is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a terminal. Files supported by xz(1) are decompressed; other files are assumed to be in uncompressed form already. If no files are given, xzless reads from standard input.

xzless uses less(1) to present its output. Unlike xzmore, its choice of pager cannot be altered by setting an environment variable. Commands are based on both more(1) and vi(1) and allow back and forth movement and searching. See the less(1) manual for more information.

The command named lzless is provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. It is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

A list of characters special to the shell. Set by xzless unless it is already set in the environment.
Set to a command line to invoke the xz(1) decompressor for preprocessing the input files to less(1).

less(1), xz(1), xzmore(1), zless(1)

2025-03-06 Tukaani