# zcat

> Print data from `gzip` compressed files.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html>.

- Print the uncompressed contents of a `gzip` archive to `stdout`:

`zcat {{file.txt.gz}}`

- Print compression details of a `gzip` archive to `stdout`:

`zcat -l {{file.txt.gz}}`
