debian - reading .gz files

[Sean McMahon]

use zmore then the name of the compressed file.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Moore" <w1gm at arrl.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: debian - reading .gz files


> Hello,
> On my slackware box I can read .gz files in less like this:
> less readme.debian.gz
> 
> When I do this on my debian sarge setup I get the compressed file. The work
> around is to do something like
> gzip -cd readme.debian.gz |less which unzips the file and pipes it into
> less.  
> 
> Do I need to install something to get this to work without the workaround?
> 
> tia
> Chris
> 
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