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uncompress — Uncompress files compressed using the Unix `compress` command. More information: <https://manned.org

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Problem

How to use the uncompress command: Uncompress files compressed using the Unix compress command. More information: <https://manned.org/uncompress>.

Solution

uncompress — Uncompress files compressed using the Unix compress command. More information: <https://manned.org/uncompress>.

Uncompress specific files:

uncompress {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Uncompress specific files while ignoring non-existent ones:

uncompress -f {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Write to stdout (no files are changed and no .Z files are created):

uncompress -c {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Verbose mode (write to stderr about percentage reduction or expansion):

uncompress -v {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Code Snippets

Uncompress specific files

uncompress {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Uncompress specific files while ignoring non-existent ones

uncompress -f {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Write to `stdout` (no files are changed and no `.Z` files are created)

uncompress -c {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

Verbose mode (write to `stderr` about percentage reduction or expansion)

uncompress -v {{path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...}}

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