I have created zlib-compressed data in Python, like this:

import zlib
s = '...'
z = zlib.compress(s)
with open('/tmp/data', 'w') as f:
    f.write(z)

(or one-liner in shell: echo -n '...' | python2 -c 'import sys,zlib; sys.stdout.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.read()))' > /tmp/data)

Now, I want to uncompress the data in shell. Neither zcat nor uncompress work:

$ cat /tmp/data | gzip -d -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

$ zcat /tmp/data 
gzip: /tmp/data.gz: not in gzip format

$ cat /tmp/data | uncompress -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

It seems that i have created gzip-like file, but without any headers.. unfortunately i don's see any option to uncompress such raw data in gzip man page.. and zlib package does not contain any executable utility..

Is there an utility to uncompress raw zlib data?

I have created zlib-compressed data in Python, like this:

import zlib
s = '...'
z = zlib.compress(s)
with open('/tmp/data', 'w') as f:
    f.write(z)

(or one-liner in shell: echo -n '...' | python2 -c 'import sys,zlib; sys.stdout.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.read()))' > /tmp/data)

Now, I want to uncompress the data in shell. Neither zcat nor uncompress work:

$ cat /tmp/data | gzip -d -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

$ zcat /tmp/data 
gzip: /tmp/data.gz: not in gzip format

$ cat /tmp/data | uncompress -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

It seems that I have created gzip-like file, but without any headers. Unfortunately I don't see any option to uncompress such raw data in gzip man page, and the zlib package does not contain any executable utility.

Is there a utility to uncompress raw zlib data?

I have created zlib-compressed data in Python, like this:

import zlib
s = '...'
z = zlib.compress(s)
with open('/tmp/data', 'w') as f:
    f.write(z)

(or one-liner in shell: echo -n '...' | python -c 'import sys,zlib; sys.stdout.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.read()))' > /tmp/data)

Now, I want to uncompress the data in shell. Neither zcat nor uncompress work:

$ cat /tmp/data | gzip -d -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

$ zcat /tmp/data 
gzip: /tmp/data.gz: not in gzip format

$ cat /tmp/data | uncompress -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

It seems that i have created gzip-like file, but without any headers.. unfortunately i don's see any option to uncompress such raw data in gzip man page.. anz zlib package does not contain any executable utility..

Is there an utility to uncompress raw zlib data?

I have created zlib-compressed data in Python, like this:

import zlib
s = '...'
z = zlib.compress(s)
with open('/tmp/data', 'w') as f:
    f.write(z)

(or one-liner in shell: echo -n '...' | python2 -c 'import sys,zlib; sys.stdout.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.read()))' > /tmp/data)

Now, I want to uncompress the data in shell. Neither zcat nor uncompress work:

$ cat /tmp/data | gzip -d -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

$ zcat /tmp/data 
gzip: /tmp/data.gz: not in gzip format

$ cat /tmp/data | uncompress -
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

It seems that i have created gzip-like file, but without any headers.. unfortunately i don's see any option to uncompress such raw data in gzip man page.. and zlib package does not contain any executable utility..

Is there an utility to uncompress raw zlib data?