- It is a command used to unzip the files which are zipped/compressed using gzip utility.
- It comes from “gzip-1.3.12” package.
- Path: /bin/gunzip
Examples:
1. To unzip any compressed file
| $ gunzip file.gz |
2. To get the License information
| $ gunzip -L $ gunzip –license |
3. To test the zipped files integrity
| $ gunzip -t file.gz $ gunzip –test file.gz |
4. To list the compressed files information
| $ gunzip -l file.gz $ gunzip –list file.gz |
5. To save the original name or server time stamp
| $ gunzip -N file.gz $ gunzip –name file.gz |
6. To operate in verbose mode
| $ gunzip -v file.gz $ gunzip –verbose file.gz |
To get the version info
| $ gunzip -V $ gunzip –version |
To get the better decompression
| $ gunzip -9 file.gz $ gunzip –best file.gz |
To get the faster decompression
| $ gunzip -1 file.gz $ gunzip –faster file.gz |
To read zipped file contents
| $ gunzip -c file.gz |
