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# gunzip
> Extract file(s) from a `gzip` (`.gz`) archive.
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> More information: <https://manned.org/gunzip>.
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- Extract a file from an archive, replacing the original file if it exists:
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`gunzip {{archive.tar.gz}}`
- Extract a file to a target destination:
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`gunzip --stdout {{archive.tar.gz}} > {{archive.tar}}`
- Extract a file and keep the archive file:
`gunzip --keep {{archive.tar.gz}}`
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- List the contents of a compressed file:
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`gunzip --list {{file.txt.gz}}`
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- Decompress an archive from `stdin`:
`cat {{path/to/archive.gz}} | gunzip`