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Posted 24 July 2008 - 04:53 AM

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How do I unzip/extract a .bz2 file in Linux? What does bz2 even stand for. I've never heard of this compression format.

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Posted 24 July 2008 - 05:36 AM

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$ tar jxvf archive.tar.bz2
j - The actual bz2-part. In older versions you might have you use a lowercase 'i', I.
x - Extract
v - Verbose mode
f - File (which in our case is, archive.tar.bz2)
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