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BSD mandoc

bsdcat - expand files to standard output

[options] [files]

expands files to standard output.

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.

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.