How to Uncompress Files in Linux
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 25 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Tech Tips
Linux users frequently have to uncompress .tar, .gzip, or .zip files. There are GUI utilities that can do this, but there may be instances where you have to do this from a Linux command shell. The following commands covers the most used compression formats for Linux.
Uncompressing a .tar File
tar -xvf file.tar
Uncompressing a .gz File
gunzip file.gz
Uncompressing a .zip File
unzip file.zip
Uncompressing a .tar.gz File
gunzip file.tar.gz
tar -xvf file.tar
Or you can uncompress both formats in one command:
tar -zxvf file.tar.gz
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2 Comments »
on 10 May 2008 at 6:01 pm 1.Robert MacEwan said …
Actually, these days we really don’t have to use the command line. Mostly you just right click the file and select unzip.
Ubuntu Linux is amazing when you look at just how much it has improved over the few years.
on 13 May 2008 at 2:11 am 2.Johan Cyprich said …
You don’t need to use the command line when your on a Linux machine, but many times I’m logged in to web host through an SSH command line client so I need to type these commands to get things done.
It would be nice to have a desktop interface when logged in to web servers.