>Usage
gunzip is a command-line utility used to decompress .gz files
created by the gzip command. It restores the original file by removing the .gz compression.
>Synopsis
>Options
-c
to stdout: Decompresses the .gz file and outputs the result to the standard output (stdout) rather than creating a file.
Example 1:
-zsh
gunzip -c file.txt.gz > file.txt
the file file.gz is decompressed and redirected to
the standard output without modifying the original file
-k
.gz file instead of deleting it after decompression.
-r
recursiv: With this option gunzip will decompress all files / subdirectories within a compressed directory recursively.
Example 2:
-zsh
gunzip -r dir/
decompress all files / subdirectories in a directory and replace each .gz file
with the decompressed version
-l
list information: Used to list information about a compressed file (.gz),
such as original size, compressed size,... without decompress it
Example 3:
-zsh
gunzip -l file1.gz file2.gz /
you can list the information of multiple files by separate them with a space character
-t
.gz file without decompressing it.
If the file is valid it will generate no output.
-S
suffix: Allows to specify a costum suffix for the compressed file instead of the default one (.gz), this will not affect the compression
Example 4:
-zsh
gunzip -S .txt file.txt.gz
the argument after -S will replace the default .gz suffix after decompression