How to decompress files in Ubuntu
Record various compression and decompression methods in Ubuntu:
. Tar
Unpack: tar xvf FileName.tar
Package: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName
(Note: tar is packed, not compressed !)
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. Gz
Decompress 1: gunzip FileName.gz
Decompress 2: gzip-d FileName.gz
Compression: gzip FileName
.Tar.gz
Decompress: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz
Compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName
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. Bz2
Decompress 1: bzip2-d FileName.bz2
Decompress 2: bunzip2 FileName.bz2
Compression: bzip2-z FileName
.Tar.bz2
Decompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2
Compression: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName
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. Bz
Extract 1: bzip2-d FileName. bz
Decompress 2: bunzip2 FileName. bz
. Tar. bz
Decompress: tar jxvf FileName.tar. bz
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. Z
Decompress: uncompress FileName. Z
Compression: compress FileName
. Tar. Z
Decompress: tar Zxvf FileName.tar. Z
Compression: tar Zcvf FileName.tar. Z DirName
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. Tgz
Decompress: tar zxvf FileName. tgz
. Tar. tgz
Decompress: tar zxvf FileName.tar. tgz
Compression: tar zcvf FileName.tar. tgz FileName
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. Zip
Decompress: unzip FileName.zip
Compression: zip FileName.zip DirName
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. Rar
Decompress: rar a FileName.rar
Compression: rar e FileName.rar
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. Lha
Decompress: lha-e FileName. lha
Compression: lha-a FileName. lha FileName