How To unzip/uncompress file?

[Yap Yen Nee]

I got a file with extension .gz and i guess it is in a compressed mode. How can I compress this file?

Thanks.

[Bernhard Mueller]

Hi,
to decompress use gzip -d or gunzip

Regards,
Bernhard

[MarkSyder]

gzip -dv xxx.gz (where xxx is the filename).

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[KapilRaj]

I think gzip needs to be installed on ur node .. It's a freeware and get it installed before u can invoke it !!

Regds,

Kaps

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.5/

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Ravi_8]

Hi
In both 11i and 11.0
#/usr/contrib/bin/gunzip

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

In case of any doubt, first pls check file.gz integrity:
# gzip -tv file.gz

After this, you can also check the previous command return code:
# echo $?

Any return code not equal to zero value will indicate you that this .gz file not is a gzipped file or have an integrity trouble.

If this file is a not gzipped file, make your life easy, change .gz extension an go ahead with the simple command:
# gzip file

If you need full detailed info about gzip command: gzip -help

Rgds.

[Kent Ostby]

Interestingly, if you have two files, one created with gzip (ending .gz) and the other created with compress (ending in .Z).

The .Z file can be uncompressed by either uncompress or gunzip while the .gz file can only be uncompressed with gunzip.

So I tend to always use gunzip whether its a .Z extension or a .gz extension.

Best regards,

Kent M. Ostby