Unzipping .Z file in UNIX

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi ,

How can I unzip a .Z file in Unix?

Thanks and regards,
Anupam

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.Z is the standard extension for compressed files so you would typically use $ uncompress file.Z

.z (lowercase Z) is the standard extension for packed files (use unpack to for them).

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Hi Chubler_XL

I am getting following error when I am trying uncompress

-bash: uncompress: command not found

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Hi

gzip -d worked. Thanks anyway.

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On a modern *nix system, gzip -d will do the work of older utilities such as uncompress - from man gzip

gunzip can currently decompress files created by gzip, zip, compress, compress -H  or  pack.

Cheers,
ZB

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