zcat listing problem

[Ralf Habacker]

Hi,

I'm using zcat to list the compressed package files in /etc/setup.

zcat has problems with linefeed/carriage return as shown below:

$ zcat /etc/setup/pcre.lst.gz
usr/bin/pcre-config
                   usr/bin/pcregrep.exe
                                       usr/include/pcre.h
                                                         usr/include/pcreposix.h

usr/lib/libpcre.a

usr/lib/libpcreposix.a

usr/man/man
1/pcregrep.1
            usr/man/man3/pcre.3
                               usr/man/man3/pcreposix.3


Additional a zcat --help prints the following:

$ zcat --help
zcat 1.3
        (1999-12-21)
                    usage: zcat [-acdfhlLnNrtvV19] [-S suffix] [file ...]
                                                                          -a --ascii
ascii text; convert end-of-lines using
local conventions
                  -c --stdout      write on standard output, keep original files unchanged
                                                                                           -d
 --decompress  decompress
                                                                                             
                          -f --force
      force overwrite of output file and compress links
                                                        -h --help        give this help
                                                                                        -l --
list        list compressed file cont
ents
     -L --license     display software license
                                               -n --no-name     do not save or restore the
original name and time stamp
                                                                                             
                           -N --name
       save or restore the original name and time stamp
                                                        -q --quiet       suppress all
warnings
                                                                                             
  -r --recursive   operate recursivel
y on directories
                 -S .suf  --suffix .suf     use suffix .suf on compressed files
                                                                                -t --test
test compressed file integrity
                                                                                             
                           -v --verbose     verbose mode
                    -V --version     display version number
                                                            -1 --fast        compress faster
                                                                                             
-9 --best        compress better

file...
       files to (de)compress. If none given, use standard input.
                                                                Report bugs to
<bug-gzip@gnu.org>.

zcat --help

Regards

Ralf