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Explained: Zlib decompress with Perl
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decompress.md 
decompress="perl -MCompress::Zlib -e 'undef $/; print uncompress(<>)'"
  1. perl - Execute the Perl binary
  2. -MCompress::Zlib - Load the Zlib Perl module
  3. -e '...' - Execute the specified Perl code
  4. undef $/; - Undefine the input record separator to read input to the end
  5. <> - Read from standard input
  6. uncompress(...) - Use uncompress the input using Zlib
  7. print ... - Print the results to the screen
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