Edit File: gzcat
#!/usr/bin/perl use IO::Uncompress::Gunzip qw( $GunzipError ); use strict ; use warnings ; #die "Usage: gzcat file...\n" # unless @ARGV ; my $file ; my $buffer ; my $s; @ARGV = '-' unless @ARGV ; foreach $file (@ARGV) { my $gz = new IO::Uncompress::Gunzip $file or die "Cannot open $file: $GunzipError\n" ; print $buffer while ($s = $gz->read($buffer)) > 0 ; die "Error reading from $file: $GunzipError\n" if $s < 0 ; $gz->close() ; }