HowTo/UncompressFilesInLinux

.tar

UNCOMPRESS: tar xvf FileName.tar

COMPRESS: tar cvf FileName.tar DirName

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.gz

UNCOMPRESS1: gunzip FileName.gz

UNCOMPRESS2: gzip -d FileName.gz

COMPRESS: gzip FileName

.tar.gz

UNCOMPRESS: tar zxvf FileName.tar.gz

COMPRESS: tar zcvf FileName.tar.gz DirName

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.bz2

UNCOMPRESS1: bzip2 -d FileName.bz2

UNCOMPRESS2: bunzip2 FileName.bz2

COMPRESS: bzip2 -z FileName

.tar.bz2

UNCOMPRESS: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz2

COMPRESS: tar jcvf FileName.tar.bz2 DirName

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.bz

UNCOMPRESS1: bzip2 -d FileName.bz

UNCOMPRESS2: bunzip2 FileName.bz

COMPRESS: unknown

.tar.bz

UNCOMPRESS: tar jxvf FileName.tar.bz

COMPRESS: unknown

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.Z

UNCOMPRESS: uncompress FileName.Z

COMPRESS: compress FileName

.tar.Z

UNCOMPRESS: tar Zxvf FileName.tar.Z

COMPRESS: tar Zcvf FileName.tar.Z DirName

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.tgz

UNCOMPRESS: tar zxvf FileName.tgz

COMPRESS: unknown

.tar.tgz

UNCOMPRESS: tar zxvf FileName.tar.tgz

COMPRESS: tar zcvf FileName.tar.tgz FileName

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.zip

UNCOMPRESS: unzip FileName.zip

COMPRESS: zip FileName.zip DirName

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.rar

UNCOMPRESS: rar a FileName.rar

COMPRESS: rar e FileName.rar

RAR : http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm

[root@www2 tmp]# cp rar_static /usr/bin/rar

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.lha

UNCOMPRESS: lha -e FileName.lha

COMPRESS: lha -a FileName.lha FileName

lha : http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/~ishii/lhaunix/

[root@www2 tmp]# cp lha /usr/bin/

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.rpm

UNCOMPRESS: rpm2cpio FileName.rpm | cpio -div

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.deb

UNCOMPRESS: dpkg -x FileName.deb

from: http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/9542