How to Gunzip
1) Create dirs: target and subdir: /target/source
2) Place all .gz files in subdir: /target/source
3) From target dir command line, run:
gunzip -r source ;note that the generated files at this stage are still not
readable.
4) Then run: zcat -r source > new.txt ;the file new.txt w
Yesterday, Don Green wrote:
> Any ideas what the problem might be opening a .gz file on linux?
Which file do you have a problem with? (The filename & the list.)
From the below, I'm guessing that you tried the 2012-June.txt.gz file
of the users list, which looked fine when I tested it.
> Gunzip
if it's an archived file, you might try tar -xzf 2012-June-.txt.gz
the -xz will cause tar to use gunzip to decompress, then extract.
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Don Green wrote:
> Any ideas what the problem might be opening a .gz file on linux?
> Gunzip goes through the motions and overwrit
Any ideas what the problem might be opening a .gz file on linux?
Gunzip goes through the motions and overwrites the 2012-June.txt.gz file,
creating file: 2012-June.txt. When a text editor attempts to open this
file, the file appears to have codes that prevent it from being
interpretted correctly.
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