Difference between pages "Unpack" and "Take a video of your Linux desktop"

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To unpack files under Linux, you need to know what file format your file is. Frequently used are the .zip, .tar and .tar.gz formats.
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#REDIRECT [[take a video from your Linux Desktop]]
 
 
If you want to be sure about the file format, [[open a console]] and use the file command like this:
 
# file Blue-1.7.tar
 
Blue-1.7.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU)
 
 
 
Here are file formats and how to unpack them:
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
 
! extension !! type !! how to extract
 
|-
 
| .bz2 || bunzip2 || bunzip2 ''file''.bz2
 
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| .rar || rar    ||  unrar x ''file''.rar
 
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| .sda || ? || unzip ''file''.sda
 
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| .tar || tar archive ||  tar xvf ''file''.tar
 
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| .tar.gz || gzipped tar archive || tar xvzf ''file''.tar
 
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| .tgz || gzipped tar archive || tar xvzf ''file''.tgz
 
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| .zip || zip archive || unzip ''file''.zip
 
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| .zipx || new WinZip archive || See [[unpack .zipx files]]
 
|}
 
 
 
= See also =
 
* [[open files]]
 

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