Explode a *.gz file

[Ayanda_2]

I want to Explode a file on Unix it's a .gz file , What is the command that I can use ?

[twang · Accepted solution]

# gunzip a*.gz

[Enrico P.]

Hi,
gunzip
or
gzip -d

Enrico

[Lilischkis]

Hi,

Use gzip -dc file1.gz > file1
or
gzip -d file1.gz

For more information use
man gzip
or
gzip -h

[Ayanda_2]

Thank you , This file was exploded correctly but now it created a *.tar file and how do I explode that one ?

[twang]

# tar xvf a*.tar

[Massimo Bianchi]

Hi,
pay attention that a *.tar file can explode files in every directory.

use

tar -tvf yourfile.tar


to see the content. pay attention to absolute/relativa path, or you may overwrite something usefull.

to extract

tar -xvf yourfile.tar

Massimo

[T G Manikandan]

#gunzip a.tar.gz
#tar xvf a.tar

[ÁõÔÆ·É]

Should I use the full path for the gunzip?

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

no, you don't need the full path

GNU tar has gzip builtin:

# gtar -tzvf file.tgz

for an index

# gtar -xvzf file.tgz to extract

Mind you that GNU tar *by default* strips all leading slashes, so it does not have the side effect mentioned above that files can be extracted all over your system

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

( GNU tar available on my ITRC site: https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/ or http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/ )

[Umapathy S]

Ayanda,
My 2 cents.

You can combine tar and gzip. When you want to extract/view the files from the gzipped-tarred file use this.

gunzip -c tmp_file.tar.gz|tar -xvf -

You have to use tar -tvf instead of -xvf for viewing the content.

HTH,
Umapathy

[yogesh_4]

Hi,
# gunzip .gz should help.

[Donny Jekels]

I preffer gtar!

# gtar -xvzf file.tgz

regular tar has a bad history. ...

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

gunzip -c .tar.gz | tar xf -

Or use the gnu tar, download from:
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.13.25/

gtar xzf .tar.gz

Caesar

[Patrick Wallek]

Some more information for everyone. You can un-tar a gzip'ed tar file WITHOUT gunzip'ing it first.

If you want to un-tar the entire file you can do the following:

# gzcat file.tar.gz | tar -xvf -

If you want to extract a single file out of the file.tar.gz file, you can do:

# gzcat file.tar.gz | tar -xvf - filename

or

# gzcat file.tar.gz | tar -xvf - dir/filename