Session and utilities

The bzcat command

Shows the contents of a .bz2 file without decompressing it to disk.

Syntax

bzcat archivo.bz2

Copy-ready examples

$ printf 'hola\n' > f.txt && bzip2 -k f.txt && bzcat f.txt.bz2Read a .bz2

You can try them in the browser terminal: it does not touch your computer.

Typical mistakes

  • It only works with .bz2.

Related commands

bzip2bunzip2cat

FAQ

And for .xz?

Use xzcat.

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