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NAME

gunzip - uncompress files

SYNOPSIS

gunzip FILE ...

DESCRIPTION

gunzip takes a list of files and creates an uncompressed file for each file whose name ends with .gz, the newly created uncompressed files have the same file name as the original ones but without the .gz extension.

EXAMPLES

Code Block
gunzip sample.gz

NOTES

The compressed file is only expanded if it is newer than the destination file, or when the destination file does not exist.

SEE ALSO

gzip
tar
zip
unzip