How to decompress a .bz2 file
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00:24 Accepted Answer Score 735
00:40 Answer 2 Score 28
00:52 Answer 3 Score 79
01:19 Answer 4 Score 6
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00:24 Accepted Answer Score 735
00:40 Answer 2 Score 28
00:52 Answer 3 Score 79
01:19 Answer 4 Score 6
01:27 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 735
Try the following:
bzip2 -d filename.bz2
Note, that this command will not preserve original archive file.
To preserve the original archive, add the -k option:
bzip2 -dk filename.bz2
ANSWER 2
Score 79
To explain a bit further, a single file can be compressed with bzip2 thus:
bzip2 myfile.txt
tar is only required when compressing multiple files:
tar cvjf myfile.tar.bz *.txt
Hence, when uncompressing a .bz2 file use bunzip, when uncompressing a tar.bz2 file use tar xjvf.
ANSWER 3
Score 28
Use the bunzip2 (or bzip2 -d) command to decompress the file. For more information see this man page,
ANSWER 4
Score 6
bzip2 -dc my_file.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
worked for me on cygwin