What should I do if .gz cannot be decompressed in Linux?

Method: 1. Use the tar command to decompress the ".tar.gz" file, the syntax is "tar xzvf .tar.gz file - C decompression path"; 2. Use the gzip or zcat command to decompress ".gz" file, the syntax is "gzip -b .gz file" or "zcat .gz file> path".

#The operating environment of this tutorial: linux7.3 system, Dell G3 computer.

What to do if .gz cannot be decompressed in Linux

1. .tar.gz file

This kind of file is a compressed file of tar file. Use tar command to decompress.

Extract:

tar zxvf pythontab.tar.gz

The example is as follows:

Extract the file to the specified folder:

 tar  xzvf  fenci.py.tar.gz  -C  pythontab/

2. Simple decompression of .gz files

This kind of file cannot be decompressed using the tar command. It needs to be decompressed using gunzip. Use the command gzip

to decompress:

gzip -b pythontab.gz

But note: It seems that gzip cannot be set to decompress to a specified directory, but can only decompress to the current directory.

Method 2:

Use the zcat command, and then save the standard output to a file.

For example:

zcat  pythontab.gz > pythontab.py

Of course this solves the need to unzip to the specified directory.

zcat  pythontab.gz > /home/test/aa/pythontab.py

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