Wireless Army
Decompressing files
at 2016-05-12 15:16:22.
| Syntax | Description | Example(s) |
| gzip -d {.gz file} gunzip {.gz file} |
Decompressed a file that is created usinggzip command. File is restored to their original form using this command. | gzip -d mydata.doc.gz gunzip mydata.doc.gz |
| bzip2 -d {.bz2-file} bunzip2 {.bz2-file} |
Decompressed a file that is created using bzip2 command. File is restored to their original form using this command. | bzip2 -d mydata.doc.bz2 gunzip mydata.doc.bz2 |
| unzip {.zip file} | Extract compressed files in a ZIP archive. | unzip file.zip unzip data.zip resume.doc |
| tar -zxvf {.tgz-file} tar -jxvf {.tbz2-file} |
Untar or decompressed a file(s) that is created using tar compressing through gzip and bzip2 filter | tar -zxvf data.tgz tar -zxvf pics.tar.gz *.jpg tar -jxvf data.tbz2 |