Decompressing File in Unix / Linux using gzip and gunzip Commands

Here you can find two tips to decompress the already compressed file in unix / linux terminal with examples. They are

1. Using gzip command
2. Using gunzip command

1. Using gzip Command with option -d

• This command with option -d is used to decompress the compressed file.

Syntax

  gzip -d file.gz

Example

2. Using gunzip Command

• This command will be used to decompress the file without taking option in linux / unix terminal.

Syntax

  gunzip file.gz

Example