unzip gz files ubuntu code example

Example 1: ubuntu unzip file

// install
sudo apt install zip unzip

// zip
zip -r example.zip original_folder

// unzip
unzip file.zip -d destination_folder

Example 2: how to decompress gzip file in linux

gunzip -k file.gz

Example 3: extract gz file ubuntu

gzip -d file.gz

Example 4: untar gz file ubuntu

#Untar to the specific dirctory -C qualifier for customized directory
#You must cd into the directory containg the file first
tar -xf archive.tar.gz -C /home/linuxize/files
#Untar specific files from  archive.tar.gz
tar -xf archive.tar.gz file1 file2