---
name: "lrzcat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lrzip"
version: "0.660-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lrzcat"
---

# lrzcat(1)

Uncompress LRZ files to STDOUT

## NAME

lrzcat - Uncompress LRZ files to STDOUT

## SYNOPSIS

```
  lrzcat [options] FILE [... FILE]
```

## DESCRIPTION

lrzcat is identical to `"lrzip -d -o -"` used to decompress files to STDOUT.

## OPTIONS

See [**lrzip**(1)](/lrzip/1.md).

## ENVIRONMENT

None.

## FILES

None.

## SEE ALSO

[**lrzip.conf**(5)](/lrzip.conf/5.md), [**lrzip**(1)](/lrzip/1.md), [**lrunzip**(1)](/lrunzip/1.md), [**lrztar**(1)](/lrztar/1.md), [**lrzuntar**(1)](/lrzuntar/1.md), [**lrz**(1)](/lrz/1.md), [**bzip2**(1)](/bzip2/1.md), [**gzip**(1)](/gzip/1.md), [**lzop**(1)](/lzop/1.md), [**rzip**(1)](/rzip/1.md), [**zip**(1)](/zip/1.md)

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Con Kolivas \<kernel@kolivas.org\> (but may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit \<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\>.