https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180870#M32245 "man compress" (or "man uncompress").<BR /><BR />Uncompress normally expects ".Z" (not ".z").<BR /><BR />&gt; did u even try TAR? tar -xzvf <FILENAME><BR /><BR />Who said that it was a compressed "tar"<BR />archive?<BR /><BR />Do grown-ups actually spell "you" as "u"<BR />nowadays? I must be old.</FILENAME> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:06:03 GMT Steven Schweda 2008-04-16T14:06:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180868#M32243 I have a file its extension is .z type , it should be compressed , how to uncompress it ? thx Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:43:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180868#M32243 haeman 2008-04-16T09:43:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180869#M32244 gzip/gunzip or uncompress can do that.<BR />did u even try TAR? tar -xzvf <FILENAME></FILENAME> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:01:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180869#M32244 Change_happens 2008-04-16T11:01:44Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180870#M32245 "man compress" (or "man uncompress").<BR /><BR />Uncompress normally expects ".Z" (not ".z").<BR /><BR />&gt; did u even try TAR? tar -xzvf <FILENAME><BR /><BR />Who said that it was a compressed "tar"<BR />archive?<BR /><BR />Do grown-ups actually spell "you" as "u"<BR />nowadays? I must be old.</FILENAME> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:06:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uncompress-file/m-p/4180870#M32245 Steven Schweda 2008-04-16T14:06:03Z