The xz tool can decompress three file formats and xzless
has always supported uncompressed files too.
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-.TH XZLESS 1 "2010-09-27" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
+.TH XZLESS 1 "2024-02-12" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
.SH NAME
xzless, lzless \- view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B xzless
is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a terminal.
-It works on files compressed with
+Files supported by
.BR xz (1)
-or
-.BR lzma (1).
+are decompressed;
+other files are assumed to be in uncompressed form already.
If no
.I files
are given,