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Old 01-29-2013
Unzipping .Z file in UNIX
Hi ,

How can I unzip a .Z file in Unix?

Thanks and regards,
Anupam
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Old 01-29-2013
.Z is the standard extension for compressed files so you would typically use $ uncompress file.Z

.z (lowercase Z) is the standard extension for packed files (use unpack to for them).
Last edited by Chubler_XL; 01-29-2013 at 10:45 PM..
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Old 01-29-2013
Hi Chubler_XL

I am getting following error when I am trying uncompress

Code:
-bash: uncompress: command not found

---------- Post updated at 08:28 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:19 AM ----------

Hi

gzip -d worked. Thanks anyway.
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Old 01-30-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anupam_Halder

Hi

gzip -d worked. Thanks anyway.
On a modern *nix system, gzip -d will do the work of older utilities such as uncompress - from man gzip

Code:
gunzip can currently decompress files created by gzip, zip, compress, compress -H  or  pack.

Cheers,
ZB
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