S. Champ wrote: <snipped> > the question: > > what is the command to read these README documents, without having to first > use > a command to un-gzip the same?
I use Midnight Commander. Select the file in question and hit F3 to view the file. Does the uncompression on the fly for you. There are numerous other things mc can do that I find invaluable, but that's for another thread. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and | everything is of great understanding, '91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom.