gunzip

Uncompress files (UNIX)

Syntax:

gunzip [-cfhLlNnqrtvV] [name...]

Options:

See gzip for a complete listing.

Description:

The gunzip utility uncompresses files that have been compressed with gzip. It's equivalent to gzip -d. See gzip for more details.

This utility is subject to the GNU Public License (GPL). We've included it for use on development systems.

Contributing author:

GNU

Related links

  • gzip

    Compress or expand files (UNIX)

  • pax

    Portable archive interchange (POSIX)