How to Unzip BZ2 in Linux
- 1). Click on the main program menu for your distribution.
- 2). Click on the "Accessories," "Utilities," "System Tools" or "XShells" sub-menu, depending on which distribution you are using.
- 3). Click on the "Terminal," "Konsole" or "XTerm" program to open a terminal window. This is where you will type the following commands.
- 4). Type the command "bunzip2 filename.bz2" or "bzip2 -d filename.bz2" to unzip the "bz2" file. You can use whichever command you prefer. They are completely interchangeable. Replace "filename.bz2" with the name of the file you want to unzip.
- 5). Type the command "ls -l" to check that the file has been extracted. You will see the filename without the ".bz2" file extension.
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