[NTLUG:Discuss] Stupid question

[Steve Baker]

Dennis Myhand wrote:
> I am working on a debian 3.0r1 system and I am trying to unzip a zipped 
> file.  using the command "gunzip" tells me that the file has an unknown 
> suffix and the command quits.  Using the command "unzip" tells me that 
> there is no such command.  "bunzip" gets the same response.  Can someone 
> remind me how to "unzip" a file?  Yes, it is a linux file, and unzip 
> work on my Libranet Debian system, so I am wondering if there is 
> something peculiar to strictly debian systems.  TIA, Dennis in Victoria.

The correct command in this case is 'unzip'.

    gzip/gunzip         -- .gz or .tgz
    bzip2/bunzip2       -- .bz2 or .tbz2
    zip/unzip           -- .zip
    compress/uncompress -- .Z

(I'm sure there are other compress/uncompress tools - but those
are by far the most common ones.)

I don't recall ever seeing a Linux box that didn't have unzip
pre-installed - and it's hard to imagine how you lost it...but
if it's not there, then you'll need to download a copy from somewhere.

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