zcat<<<'\x1f\x8b\x08\x01\x01\x01\x01\x01\x02\x03U\xccI\x0e\xc4@\x08\x03\xc0{\xbf\x05!\xf6\xe5\xff\x1f\x0b\xa4g\x0e\xb9\x94%\x84\xad\x95\xd8\x9d\xa0YH\\x93\x89U\xf1\xcf#H\xa5\xb0\xd2\xf5\x04\x925\x18\x86\x13(\xa6\xce/J\xf1\xc8\xd1\xafr\x9d\xae\xc7v\x8dr\xd4\xb2\xebq\x14I\x18\xf9\xe7\xb1\xb9\xecZ\xd8\xeeH\xfb.\xa4\x7f\xd6\x1e'
Note that non-ascii characters in the above source code will be escaped (such as \x9f).