interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 20 hours agozcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file !message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squarezcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file !interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 20 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·12 hours agoWell, the source code is available. Fix it if you need it that bad.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoWhere is it? I can’t seen to find it https://github.com/zCat?tab=repositories
minus-squareSteveTechlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 hours agoIt’s part of GNU Gzip, and zcat is basically just a shell script that runs exec gzip -cd "$@" meaning you can actually just do cat /usr/bin/zcat to get the source.
Well, the source code is available. Fix it if you need it that bad.
Where is it? I can’t seen to find it https://github.com/zCat?tab=repositories
It’s part of GNU Gzip, and zcat is basically just a shell script that runs
exec gzip -cd "$@"meaning you can actually just docat /usr/bin/zcatto get the source.Man, I have a minor inconvenience.
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