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gunzip Command - Decompress .gz Files
The gunzip command is used to decompress files that were compressed using gzip. It is commonly used to restore files from .gz archives on Linux and other Unix-like systems.
Syntax
gunzip [options] file.gz
Examples
gunzip file.txt.gz
Decompress file.txt.gz to file.txt.
gunzip -c file.txt.gz > file.txt
Decompress to standard output and redirect to a file.
gunzip -k file.txt.gz
Decompress file.txt.gz but keep the original .gz file.
Notes
- gunzip is equivalent to
gzip -d. - gunzip only decompresses files compressed with gzip.
- Use
tarfor extracting .tar.gz or .tgz archives.
