XZMORE(1) XZ Utils XZMORE(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

xzmore, lzmore - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**xzmore** \[*file*...]  
**lzmore** \[*file*...] (DEPRECATED)

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**xzmore** displays text from compressed files to a terminal using [**more**(1)](/man/os/xz/more.1). Files supported by [**xz**(1)](/man/os/xz/xz.1) are decompressed; other files are assumed to be in uncompressed form already. If no *files* are given, **xzmore** reads from standard input. See the [**more**(1)](/man/os/xz/more.1) manual for the keyboard commands.

Note that scrolling backwards might not be possible depending on the implementation of [**more**(1)](/man/os/xz/more.1). This is because **xzmore** uses a pipe to pass the decompressed data to [**more**(1)](/man/os/xz/more.1). [**xzless**(1)](/man/os/xz/xzless.1) uses [**less**(1)](/man/os/xz/less.1) which provides more advanced features.

The command **lzmore** is provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. It is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

# [ENVIRONMENT](#ENVIRONMENT)

[**PAGER**](#PAGER)

If **PAGER** is set, its value is used as the pager instead of [**more**(1)](/man/os/xz/more.1).

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**more**(1)](/man/os/xz/more.1), [**xz**(1)](/man/os/xz/xz.1), [**xzless**(1)](/man/os/xz/xzless.1), [**zmore**(1)](/man/os/xz/zmore.1)

2025-03-06 Tukaani

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Document: lzmore(1) from xz 5.8.4-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz