[newbie] Extracting GZ File
How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx
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"-=Memphis=-" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx gunzip file.gz for extracting. zcat file.gz for reading it. or zless file.gz
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i go gunzip file.gz then if it ends in tar, i use tar -xvf file.tar -Original Message- From: -=Memphis=- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Extracting GZ File How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx
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tar xvcf filename "-=Memphis=-" wrote: How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx
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Morpheus The Sinful Weeper [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: tar xvcf filename uh x and c in the same command :-o
Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx If you want to extract it for installation, you'd run gunzip filename or gunzip -r filename if you suspect that you're unzipping a compressed directory (often source code will be distributed as a compressed directory known as a "tarball." A "tarball" is more often a *.tar.gz or *.tgz file.)
Re: [newbie] Extracting GZ File
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx PS -- type "man gunzip" at a console prompt for more details.
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On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote: i go gunzip file.gz then if it ends in tar, i use tar -xvf file.tar -Original Message- From: -=Memphis=- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Extracting GZ File How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx Actually, you can uzip and untar the file all at once. I think the command is tar zxvf filename Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote: How do I extract or decompress a gz file? For example if the filename is file.gz, what the command line should be looked like? thanx One step tar -zxvf filename -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia
