ARCHIVED: In Unix, how can I uncompress *.Z or *.tar.Z files?
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If you are on a Unix system, to uncompress *.Z
or *.tar.Z
files, at the shell prompt, enter:
uncompress *.Z
Use the ls
command to check the resulting files. If
uncompress
creates a .tar
file, you must
extract the files by entering:
tar -xvf *.tar
Alternatively, to do this in one step and avoid creating the
intermediate *.tar
file, enter:
zcat *.Z | tar -xvf -
For more information, refer to the online manual by entering:
man tar man uncompress man zcat
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 09:27:39.