$ man ls > ls.man $ man xterm > xterm.man $ man cp > cp.man $ bzip2 -v *.man cp.man: 2.496:1, 3.206 bits/byte, 59.93% saved, 5690 in, 2280 out. ls.man: 2.644:1, 3.026 bits/byte, 62.18% saved, 8093 in, 3061 out. xterm.man: 5.062:1, 1.580 bits/byte, 80.24% saved, 264279 in, 52210 out. $ zip -0m mans *.man.bz2 adding: cp.man.bz2 (stored 0%) adding: ls.man.bz2 (stored 0%) adding: xterm.man.bz2 (stored 0%) $ #### use strict; use warnings; use 5.014; use Archive::Zip; use IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2; my $zipFile = q{mans.zip}; my $zip = Archive::Zip->new( $zipFile ); my @members = $zip->memberNames(); foreach my $member ( @members ) { say qq{Member: $member}; my $memberFH = $zip->memberNamed( $member ); my $bzFH = IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2->new( sub { \ $_[ 0 ] }->( $memberFH->contents() ) ); my $lineCt = 0; while ( my $line = $bzFH->getline() ) { last if $lineCt ++ > 5; print $line; } } #### Member: cp.man.bz2 CP(1) User Commands CP(1) NAME cp - copy files and directories Member: ls.man.bz2 LS(1) User Commands LS(1) NAME ls - list directory contents Member: xterm.man.bz2 XTERM(1) X Window System XTERM(1) NAME xterm - terminal emulator for X