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To unpack files under Linux, you need to know what file format your file is. Frequently used are
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To unpack files under Linux, you need to know what file format your file is. Frequently used are the .zip, .tar and .tar.gz formats.
* .tar
 
* .tar.gz
 
* .tgz
 
* .zip
 
* .bzip
 
 
* .rar
 
* .rar
 
* .sda
 
* .sda
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Here are file formats and how to unpack them:
 
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* .bz2 : bunzip2 ''file''.bz2
 
* .tar : tar xvf ''file''.tar
 
* .tar : tar xvf ''file''.tar
 
* .tar.gz : tar xvzf ''file''.tar
 
* .tar.gz : tar xvzf ''file''.tar
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* .tgz : tar xvzf ''file''.tgz
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* .zip : unzip ''file''.zip

Revision as of 12:09, 4 September 2010

To unpack files under Linux, you need to know what file format your file is. Frequently used are the .zip, .tar and .tar.gz formats.

  • .rar
  • .sda

If you want to be sure about the file format, open a console and use the file command like this:

# file Blue-1.7.tar
Blue-1.7.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU)

Here are file formats and how to unpack them:

  • .bz2 : bunzip2 file.bz2
  • .tar : tar xvf file.tar
  • .tar.gz : tar xvzf file.tar
  • .tgz : tar xvzf file.tgz
  • .zip : unzip file.zip