gunzip

Decompress files compressed by gzip

Overview

Decompresses files created by gzip, zip, compress, or pack. The .gz extension is removed from the filename.

gunzip [OPTION]... [FILE]...

$ gunzip filename.txt.gz

Decompress filename.txt.gz to filename.txt.

List directory contents

Copy files and directories

Move or rename files and directories

Remove files or directories

Remove empty directories

Change file timestamps or create empty files

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