uncompress a .txt.gz file in mac?

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Sagar picture Sagar · Jun 22, 2018 · Viewed 31.7k times · Source

How do I uncompress a .txt.gz file in mac?

I already tried unzip file.txt.gz but it says cannot find zipfile directory in one of file.txt.gz or file.txt.gz.zip, and cannot find file.txt.gz.ZIP, period.

Answer

Mark Adler picture Mark Adler · Jun 23, 2018

gunzip file.txt.gz in Terminal.

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