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uncompress
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Beginners
Command Description
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uncompress filename Expand a compressed file back to its
original state.
uncompress -f filename Force uncompression whether or not the
file can be expanded or the corresponding
uncompressed file already exists.
uncompress -v filename Print the percentage increase and
additional error message information.
uncompress -c filename Write to standard output, will not change
the file.
Use the uncompress command to expand a compressed file back to its
original state:
world% uncompress large.txt.Z
The uncompress utility will uncompress the file and rename it to
large.txt.
The -f option will force uncompression of a filename.Z, even if it
does not actually expand or the corresponding filename already exists.
Except when run in the background under /bin/sh, if -f is not given
the user is prompted as to whether an existing filename should be
overwritten.
The -v option causes the printing of the percentage expansion of each
file and additional error message(s) information.
Use the -c option to make uncompress write to the standard output; no
files are changed. This option is useful for reviewing the content of
a large, compressed file without having to expand it to its original
size, saving diskspace usage. The nondestructive behavior of the zcat
command is identical to that of uncompress -c.
world% uncompress -c large.txt.Z
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