use zmore then the name of the compressed file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Moore" <w1gm@xxxxxxxx> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
