How Do I Read a Gz File in Linux?
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How do I view a .GZ file?

How to open GZ files

  1. Download and save the GZ file to your computer. …
  2. Launch WinZip and open the compressed file by clicking File > Open. …
  3. Select all of the files in the compressed folder or select only the files you want to extract by holding the CTRL key and left-clicking on them.

How do I view .GZ files without extracting?

If you want to view the contents of a specific file within an archive without extracting the archive or writing to disk in any way, use the -O (capital o) flag to write to stdout instead of a file.

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