tldr/pages/common/gunzip.md

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gunzip

Extract file(s) from a gzip (.gz) archive. More information: https://manned.org/gunzip.

  • Extract a file from an archive, replacing the original file if it exists:

gunzip {{archive.tar.gz}}

  • Extract a file to a target destination:

gunzip -c {{archive.tar.gz}} > {{archive.tar}}

  • List the contents of a compressed file:

gunzip -l {{file.txt.gz}}