.TH ZLESS 1
.SH NAME
zless \- file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B zless
[ name ...  ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I  Zless
is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files
one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal.  It is the equivalent of
setting the environment variable LESSOPEN to 
.I ``|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s'',
and then running less.
However, enough people seem to think that having the command 
.I zless
available is important to be worth providing it.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR less (1),
.BR lesspipe (1).