Is it possible to use gzip to decompress a gzipped file, without the gz extension, and without moving the file?
Gzip decompress on file with other extension?
filenames;gzip
You can pass the -S option to use a suffix other than .gz.gunzip -S .compressed file.compressedIf you want the uncompressed file to have some other name, rungzip -dc <compressed-file >uncompressed-filegunzip <compressed-file >uncompressed-file(these commands are equivalent).Normally unzipping restores the name and date of the original file (when it was compressed); this doesn't happen with -c.If you want the compressed file and the uncompressed file to have the same name, you can't do it directly, you need to either rename the compressed file or rename the uncompressed file. In particular, gzip removes and recreates its target file, so if you need to modify the file in place because you don't have write permission in the directory, you need to use -c or redirection.cp somefile /tmpgunzip </tmp/somefile >|somefileNote that gunzip <somefile >somefile will not work, because the gunzip process would see a file truncated to 0 bytes when it starts reading. If you could invoke the truncation, then gunzip would feed back on its own output; either way, this one can't be done in place.