BSDCAT(1) General Commands Manual BSDCAT(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`bsdcat` — expand files to standard output

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`bsdcat` \[options] \[files]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

`bsdcat` expands files to standard output.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

`bsdcat` typically takes a filename as an argument or reads standard input when used in a pipe. In both cases decompressed data is written to standard output.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To decompress a file:

`bsdcat example.txt.gz > example.txt`

To decompress standard input in a pipe:

`cat example.txt.gz | bsdcat > example.txt`

Both examples achieve the same results - a decompressed file by redirecting output.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[bzcat(1)](/man/os/libarchive/bzcat.1), [uncompress(1)](/man/os/libarchive/uncompress.1), [xzcat(1)](/man/os/libarchive/xzcat.1), [zcat(1)](/man/os/libarchive/zcat.1), [libarchive-formats(5)](/man/os/libarchive/libarchive-formats.5)

March 1, 2014 Linux 4.19.0-gvisor

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Document: bsdcat(1) from libarchive 3.8.9-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive