gunzip

Extract file(s) from a gzip (.gz) archive.

• Extract a file from an archive, replacing the original file if it exists:

gunzip {archive.tar.gz}

• Extract a file to a target destination:

gunzip --stdout {archive.tar.gz} > {archive.tar}

• Extract a file and keep the archive file:

gunzip --keep {archive.tar.gz}

• List the contents of a compressed file:

gunzip --list {file.txt.gz}

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