Useful commands to extract packages

Useful commands to extract packages:

To extract a *.tar file: tar xvf package.tar
To extract a *.cpio.Z file: zcat package.cpio.Z | cpio -idmV
To extract a *.gz file:  gunzip package.gz
To extract *.tar.gz file: guznip package.tar.gz; tar xvf package.tar
To extract *.dstream.Z file: uncompress package.dstream.Z; pkgtrans package.dstream . all
To extract *.zip file: unzip package.zip

yeah sure, citi’g gonna give me a memo for this

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