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Gz files are compressed files with a .gz or .tar.gz (.tgz) extension, which are common under Linux, UNIX, and OSX. Both Linux and OSX can extract and use this compressed file directly. Under Windows, the compression software WinRAR is commonly used to open gz files, which is equivalent to the common RAR and ZIP formats.

Decompress .gz file

If it is a gz file that ends with a .gz extension, you can use the gunzip command and the gzip command to extract it.

Gunzip command

The function is to extract the file, and the permission is for all users. Example:

Gunzip FileName.gz

Gzip command

Gzip command is a command that is often used in Linux system to compress and decompress files, which is convenient and easy to use. Gzip can not only be used to compress large, less used files to save disk space, but also can be used with tar commands to form a more popular compressed file format in Linux operating systems.

The basic sentence pattern of decompression:

Gzip-d FileName.gz

Supplement: you can use the gzip command to create .gz files, basic sentence patterns:

Gzip FileName

.tar.gz (.tgz) file decompression

If it is a gz file that ends with a .tar.gz (.tgz) extension, you can use the tar command to extract it by executing the following command:

Tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

You can extract the .tar.gz file.

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