How to unzip a .gz file using Git Bash on Windows?

Question

I have tried to open a .gz file, How can i proceed ?

Ex: filename=details_IMST_20180626210209.dat.gz

Tried to open with notepad, git bash using less command. But couldn't open as it is zipped. suggest way to open the file.

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Answer 1

Go to the file location in Git Bash and run the below command.

$ gunzip details_IMST_20180626210209.dat.gz

After executing that command, details_IMST_20180626210209.dat got created (.gz was removed).

We can open that file from notepad/notepad++.

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