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        !             3: uncompress                   Command                   uncompress
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        !             8: Uncompress a compressed file
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        !            10: uunnccoommpprreessss [ -ww _t_e_m_p_f_i_l_e ] [ _f_i_l_e ... ]
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        !            12: uncompress  uncompressses one  or more files  that had  been com-
        !            13: pressed by the command compress.
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        !            15: Each file's name must have the suffix .Z, which was appended onto
        !            16: it by compress; otherwise, uncompress prints an error message and
        !            17: exits.  When  uncompress has uncompressed a  file, it removes the
        !            18: .ZZ suffix from that file's name.
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        !            20: If no  file is specified  on the command  line, uncompress uncom-
        !            21: presses matter read from  the standard input, and writes its out-
        !            22: put to the standard output.
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        !            24: Older versions of uncompress could only uncompress files that had
        !            25: been compressed  with option -b12  or lower, with  -b12 being the
        !            26: default.  The  edition of uncompress released  with COHERENT ver-
        !            27: sion  3.1  now  handles values  up  to  16  by  using RAM  device
        !            28: /dev/ram1 for temporary storage.  For this reason, it is strongly
        !            29: advised that you not use /dev/ram1 as a RAM disk.
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        !            31: The -w  option allows the user to  specify an alternate temporary
        !            32: storage file to  uncompress.  The default value for tempfile when
        !            33: the -w option is omitted is /dev/ram1.
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        !            35: ***** See Also *****
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        !            37: commands, compress, ram, zcat
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