XZLESS(1)                           XZ Utils                           XZLESS(1)

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     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  stan-
     dard 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.

ENVIRONMENT
     LESSMETACHARS
            A  list of characters special to the shell.  Set by xzless unless it
            is already set in the environment.

     LESSOPEN
            Set to a command line to invoke the xz(1) decompressor  for  prepro-
            cessing the input files to less(1).

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

Tukaani                            2025-03-06                          XZLESS(1)
