Using zcat on Juniper SRX Files

zcat is a command-line tool in Linux that allows you to view the contents of compressed .gz files directly in the terminal.

For example, if you have a .tgz file like junos-srxsme-23.4R1.9.tgz, instead of extracting the entire file, you can use zcat to examine its contents. This is particularly useful when you need to quickly check the files inside, such as installation files, without decompressing the entire archive.

root@jtac-srx300-r2601> start shell
root@jtac-srx300-r2601% zcat junos-srxsme-23.4R1.9.tgz
+CONTENTS0100644000164200016420000000637214537212400013475 0ustar  builderbuilder-ugroup@comment PKG_FORMAT_REVISION:1.1
@comment $Id: PLIST.srxsme,v 1.3.34.1 2009-04-16 05:50:45 kdickman Exp $
@comment Copyright (c) 1996-2016, Juniper Networks, Inc.
@comment All rights reserved.
@comment (null)
@junos_os YES
@srcdir /volume/build/junos/23.4/release/23.4R1.9/obj/bsd6/octeon/pkgs/srxsme/domestic/pkg/junos/../../../install
@ignore
metatags
@comment MD5:cbbf4fbdb744fb9fa89c9fdc6068d5f1
@ignore
manifest
@comment MD5:9dcdf29e0a0ccf88e1805f12b21d4ee5
@ignore
manifest.esig
@comment MD5:a214fbf562cf3c7a7af2425256f7dd7a
@ignore
manifest.ecerts
@comment MD5:db9c21cdd5e1d352720f872f1ad4926f
@ignore
kernel
@comment MD5:5ec7a98ec912941c7f9ff28357b0d550
@ignore
loader.rc
@comment MD5:44b81b5b5ebd1745abbd9337cebc43f4
@ignore
downgrade.conf
@comment MD5:e6289a27378254373d3ef96bb8cee66a
@ignore
isofs-install-srxsme
@comment MD5:84e91fee80f09543973f3ffe0de0a7b2
@srcdir /volume/build/junos/23.4/release/23.4R1.9/obj/bsd6/octeon/pkgs/srxsme/domestic/pkg/junos
@ignore
scu-info
@comment MD5:0baf6440734cc3cd60^Cignore_inst
@comment jpfe @comment sig jpfe-23.4R1.9.tgz.sig
@comment jpfe @comment esig @ignore_inst
@comment jpfe @comment esig jpfe-23.4R1.9.tgz.esig
@comment jpfe @ignore_inst
@comment jpfe pkgtools.tgz
@comment jpfe @ignore_inst
@comment jpfe pkgtools.tgz.sha1
@srcdir /volume/build/junos/23.4/release/23.4R1.9/obj/linux5-x86_64/build/certs
@ignore
certs.pem
@comment MD5:2afd9c729e8575c7e4b0f186bbd97b03
@srcdir /volume/build/junos/23.4/release/23.4R1.9/obj/linux5-x86_64/build/certs
@ignore
ecerts.pem