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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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zcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file ! (lemmy.ml)

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[–] huf@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

zgrep . * should do the trick

oh, there's also zcat -f *

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

       -f --force
              If the input data is not in a format recognized by gzip, and if the option --stdout is also given,
              copy the input data without change to the standard output: let zcat behave as cat.

I don't know why this isn't the top comment. I guess there might be some scenario where you'd want to know about non-gzip files where you don't expect them so changing the defaults would probably cause some subtle breakage. For shell use though, just an alias could be used; alias zcat=gzip -cdf

[–] huf@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

in that case, i'd prefer a ~/bin/zcat with the contents

#!/bin/sh
exec gzip -cdf "$@"

this way, it's exec'able, unlike an alias or shell function.