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Old 07-30-2012
How to decompress files using gunzip?

I have compressed files under directory '/root/data' and i need the uncompressed files in another directory
'/root/uncom'. I running a shell script below shell script from directory '/root/'

Code:
gunzip /root/data/*.gz -d /root/uncom

But this is failing with
gunzip: /root/uncom is a directory -- ignored
# 2  
Old 07-30-2012
-d means 'de-compress', not 'directory' or 'destination'

You can use -c and direct the output to another location.

i.e.
Code:
gunzip -c /some/file.gz > /out/dir/file

# 3  
Old 07-30-2012
Scott,

Instead of redirect i have used the gunzip and move commands. As i will have lots files under the directory and i cannot hard code the file name to which the decompressed data to be directed.

Thank you for your suggestion.
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