bunzip2
bunzip2 is a Linux command in the Archives & Compression category, rated intermediate difficulty. Decompresses .bz2 files (bzip2 format). The syntax is bunzip2 [options] file.bz2. It returns decompressed file. A practical example: bunzip2 file.bz2 bunzip2 -k file.bz2 # Keep original A close relative is tar, which creates and extracts tar archives. The standard Unix archiving tool. A close relative is gzip, which compresses files using Lempel-Ziv coding. Produces .gz files. A close relative is gunzip, which decompresses .gz files created by gzip. More about this category: Linux archive commands — tar, gzip, zip, unzip, and more. Compress and extract files and archives. Related Archives & Compression commands: tar, gzip, gunzip, zip, unzip, xz, zcat, bzip2. This page is part of the free Linux Reference documentation covering 304+ commands, each with syntax, options, practical examples, and a difficulty rating.