Command Line

gunzip

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Location

$ whereis -b gunzip
gunzip: /bin/gunzip

Help

$ gunzip --help
Usage: /bin/gunzip [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Uncompress FILEs (by default, in-place).

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

  -c, --stdout      write on standard output, keep original files unchanged
  -f, --force       force overwrite of output file and compress links
  -k, --keep        keep (don't delete) input files
  -l, --list        list compressed file contents
  -n, --no-name     do not save or restore the original name and time stamp
  -N, --name        save or restore the original name and time stamp
  -q, --quiet       suppress all warnings
  -r, --recursive   operate recursively on directories
  -S, --suffix=SUF  use suffix SUF on compressed files
  -t, --test        test compressed file integrity
  -v, --verbose     verbose mode
      --help        display this help and exit
      --version     display version information and exit

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.