zless

View compressed files

low risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain
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What it does

Pager for gzip-compressed files. See the flags and examples below, and run `man zless` for the full reference.

Examples
zless /var/log/syslog.1.gzBrowse a rotated log · explain & risk-check →
Related
less zcat
Open the full explainer →More in Text Processing

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man zless for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.