gunzip

Uncompress files (UNIX)

Syntax:

gunzip [-cfhLlNnqrtvV] [name...]

Options:

See gzip for a complete listing.

Description:

The gunzip utility uncompresses files that have been compressed with gzip. It's equivalent to gzip -d. See gzip for more details.

This utility is subject to the GNU Public License (GPL). We've included it for use on development systems.

Contributing author:

GNU

See also:

freeze, gzip, pax

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