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Old 12-12-2007
gzip problem

Hi,

I am quite new to unix.
I need to do the following using gzip.

a file suppose abc.gz is in the directory.
I need to uncompress it and rename the uncompressed file to ecoes.dat.

can anyon please help me in this regard??
# 2  
Old 12-12-2007
gzip -d abx.gz > ecos.dat
# 3  
Old 12-12-2007
Error this is not working

Hi ,
this is not working .this is creating a blank file with the same name but without any content.
# 4  
Old 12-12-2007
Correct, the > will read STDOUT first, so point the stream with -c flag like : "gzip -dc abx.gz > ecos.dat" - this will do the trick.
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Old 12-12-2007
MySQL Thanks a lot

thaks boss its working
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