compression algorithms

List the contents of a tar.bz2

by Vivek Gite on February 4, 2008 · 1 comment

Q. How do I list the contents of a tar.bz2 file under Linux or UNIX operating systems using a shell prompt?

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Linux / UNIX command to open .gz files

by Vivek Gite on October 4, 2007 · 7 comments

Q. I have download files from the Internet. Each file has .gz extension. How do I open .gz files under Linux? A. You need to use gzip / gunzip program. It is a software application used for file compression. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. [...]

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