File decompress, extraction using gunzip in CentOS Linux

Gunzip

• Gunzip, is the most common command used to extract a gzip file in Linux

Command name

gunzip

Synopsis

gunzip [option] filename.gz > extracted_file_name

Option

-v  show compression rate

-r   decompress, extract recursively of given file and all its subfolders

-c   extract the compress file and kept gz file undelete

Note

Upon gunzip usefully complete file extraction, the original gz document/file will be removed. To keep a copy of your gz file, it is always recommend to use option -c  together and file redirection >

Example

gunzip -c file1.gz > file1

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