---
name: "xzmore"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xz"
version: "5.8.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xzmore"
---

# xzmore(1)

view xz or lzma compressed (text) files

## NAME

xzmore, lzmore - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files

## SYNOPSIS

**xzmore** \[*file*...\]\
 **lzmore** \[*file*...\] (DEPRECATED)

## DESCRIPTION

**xzmore** displays text from compressed files to a terminal using [**more**(1)](/more/1.md). Files supported by [**xz**(1)](/xz/1.md) are decompressed; other files are assumed to be in uncompressed form already. If no *files* are given, **xzmore** reads from standard input. See the [**more**(1)](/more/1.md) manual for the keyboard commands.

Note that scrolling backwards might not be possible depending on the implementation of [**more**(1)](/more/1.md). This is because **xzmore** uses a pipe to pass the decompressed data to [**more**(1)](/more/1.md). [**xzless**(1)](/xzless/1.md) uses [**less**(1)](/less/1.md) which provides more advanced features.

The command **lzmore** is provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. It is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **PAGER**

  If **PAGER** is set, its value is used as the pager instead of [**more**(1)](/more/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**more**(1)](/more/1.md), [**xz**(1)](/xz/1.md), [**xzless**(1)](/xzless/1.md), [**zmore**(1)](/zmore/1.md)