KALI – How to unzip files on Linux

There are so many formats for unzipping, that it’s almost unfair. Here’s a tip – look at the ending of the file.

To unzip files that end with bz2 use

bunzip2 filename.bz2

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To unzip files that end with .tar.bz2 use

tar -xvjpf filename.tar.bz2

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To unzip files that end  .gz use

gunzip file.gz

or

gzip -d file.gz

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http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/general/compress-file-unix-linux-cheat-sheet.php

Syntax	Description	Example(s)
gzip -d {.gz file} gunzip {.gz file}	Decompressed a file that is created using gzip command. File is restored to their original form using this command.	gzip -d mydata.doc.gz gunzip mydata.doc.gz
bzip2 -d {.bz2-file} bunzip2 {.bz2-file}	Decompressed a file that is created using bzip2 command. File is restored to their original form using this command.	bzip2 -d mydata.doc.bz2 gunzip mydata.doc.bz2
unzip {.zip file}	Extract compressed files in a ZIP archive.	unzip file.zip unzip data.zip resume.doc
tar -zxvf {.tgz-file} tar -jxvf {.tbz2-file}	Untar or decompressed a file(s) that is created using tar compressing through gzip and bzip2 filter	tar -zxvf data.tgz tar -zxvf pics.tar.gz *.jpg tar -jxvf data.tbz2

Linux Decompression Commands

How to extract various archives (tar, zip, gzip, bzip2 etc) on Linux and some other tricks for searching inside of archives etc.

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
unzip archive.zip	Extracts zip file on Linux.
zipgrep *.txt archive.zip	Search inside a .zip archive.
tar xf archive.tar	Extract tar file Linux.
tar xvzf archive.tar.gz	Extract a tar.gz file Linux.
tar xjf archive.tar.bz2	Extract a tar.bz2 file Linux.
tar ztvf file.tar.gz | grep blah	Search inside a tar.gz file.
gzip -d archive.gz	Extract a gzip file Linux.
zcat archive.gz	Read a gz file Linux without decompressing.
zless archive.gz	Same function as the less command for .gz archives.
zgrep 'blah' /var/log/maillog*.gz	Search inside .gz archives on Linux, search inside of compressed log files.
vim file.txt.gz	Use vim to read .txt.gz files (my personal favorite).
upx -9 -o output.exe input.exe	UPX compress .exe file Linux.

Linux Compression Commands

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
zip -r file.zip /dir/*	Creates a .zip file on Linux.
tar cf archive.tar files	Creates a tar file on Linux.
tar czf archive.tar.gz files	Creates a tar.gz file on Linux.
tar cjf archive.tar.bz2 files	Creates a tar.bz2 file on Linux.
gzip file	Creates a file.gz file on Linux.

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Options for tar files:

1. Type at the command prompt

   tar xvzf file-1.0.tar.gz – to uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz)

   tar xvjf file-1.0.tar.bz2 – to uncompress a bzip2 tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2)

   tar xvf file-1.0.tar – to uncompressed tar file (.tar)

   • x = eXtract, this indicated an extraction c = create to create )
   • v = verbose (optional) the files with relative locations will be displayed.
   • z = gzip-ped; j = bzip2-zipped
   • f = from/to file … (what is next after the f is the archive file)
2. The files will be extracted in the current folder.  HINT: if you know that a file has to be in a certain folder, move to that folder first.  Then download, then uncompress – all in the correct folder.  Yes, I’m lazy.. no I don’t like to copy files between directories, and then delete others to clean up.  Download them in the correct directory and save yourself 2 jobs.

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Some time you just wanted to look at files inside an archive or compressed file. Then all of the above command supports file list option.

Syntax	Description	Example(s)
gzip -l {.gz file}	List files from a GZIP archive	gzip -l mydata.doc.gz
unzip -l {.zip file}	List files from a ZIP archive	unzip -l mydata.zip
tar -ztvf {.tar.gz} tar -jtvf {.tbz2}	List files from a TAR archive	tar -ztvf pics.tar.gz tar -jtvf data.tbz2

https://highon.coffee/blog/linux-commands-cheat-sheet/

 

KALI – How to ZIP Files in Linux – The Visual Guide

KALI – How to ZIP Files in Linux – The Visual Guide

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KALI – First things to do after installing Kali Debian Linux – The Visual Guide

https://uwnthesis.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/kali-first-things-to-do-after-installing-kali-debian-linux-the-visual-guide/