How To Unzip (Open) Gz File

Tutorial To Unzip Gz File In Linux

Gzip by GNU is a popular data compression program and the GZ file is an archive file compressed by the standard Gzip. It was developed by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler initially on October 31, 1992.

Programs To Open Gz File

For Windows operating system:

Peazip
WinRAR
Corel WinZip
7-Zip
File Viewer Plus

For macOS:

Corel WinZip Mac
Incredible Bee Archiver
Apple Archive Utility
Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe Mac 16

For Linux based operating systems:

gzip
Xarchive
Ark
Peazip

Steps to unzip Gz File in Linux-based operating systems. Run the following command to unzip the Gz file to its original state and remove the original .gz file

gzip -d file-Name.gz

Steps to extract tar.gz file.

Run the following command to extract tar.gz file in Linux based operating systems like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, CentOS, Fedora OS, Pop OS, Elementary OS, RedHat, and other Linux distro:

tar -xf archive-name.tar.gz

Unzip gz File with gunzip Command:

gunzip < filename.tar.gz > filename.tar

How To View Content Of an Archived Folder Without Extracting

Run the following command to view the content of the tar.gz file in Linux without extracting it.

tar -tvf filename.tar.gz

Extract .tar.gz, .tgz, .gz tarballs using tar on Windows 10/ Windows 11

Go through the following steps to extract .tar.gz, .tgz, .gz as well as .zip files using tar on Windows 11.

Open command with administrator privilege and type the following command to use tar to extract the files on Windows 11.

tar -xvzf C:\PATH\TO\FILE\FILE.tar.gz -C C:\PATH\TO\FOLDER-NAME\EXTRACTION

Extract .tar.gz, .tgz, .gz tarballs using tar on Linux on Windows (WSL)

Run the following command to extract .gz files on Linux on Windows ( Linux On WSL)

sudo tar -xvzf /mnt/c/Path/To/Tar-file/Desktop/Filename.tar.gz -C /mnt/c/Path/To/Destination/folder

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How To Unzip (Open) Gz File