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How do I gunzip to a different destination directory?
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Mar 15, 2026217238 viewsConfidence Score1%
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Problem
How do I gunzip to a destination directory other than the current one? This did not work:
Error Output
gunzip *.gz /putthemhere/
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Ask to output to standard output and redirect to a file in that directory: is a shortcut for . If you want to gunzip multiple files iterate over all files: (here is used to get the part of the filename without the extension)
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