uncompress
Uncompress files compressed using the Unix compress command. tldr-pages
On Linux
Linux
Uncompress specific files
uncompress path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...IdentifyUncompress specific files while ignoring non-existent ones
uncompress -f path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...IdentifyWrite to stdout (no files are changed and no .Z files are created)
uncompress -c path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...IdentifyUncompress files verbosely (write to stderr about percentage reduction or expansion)
uncompress -v path/to/file1.Z path/to/file2.Z ...Identify