Uncompressing a file on Unix.
Suppose that you want to uncompress a file in Unix.
Based on the suffix of the filename, pick of the following three
sections and follow its directions
TGZ:The file has the suffix tgz
If your file is called SomeFile.tgz,then type
gunzip SomeFile.tgz | tar -zxvf
TAR.GZ: The file has the suffix .tar.gz
If your file is called SomeFile.tar.gz,then type
gunzip SomeFile.tar.gz | tar -zxvf
TAR: The file has the suffix .tar
If your file is called SomeFile.tar,then type
tar -xvf SomeFile.tar
ZIP: The file has the suffix .zip
If your file is called SomeFile.zip,then type
unzip SomeFile.zip