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What is a TGZ file? A TGZ file is a Unix .TAR archive compressed with Gnu Zip ( .GZIP ) compression to reduce the file size. It is commonly used on Unix and Linux systems and was originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ .

More Information To decompress a TGZ file and extract the archived files in one step at the Unix command line, type this command: tar -xzvf filename.tgz This command decompresses the Gzip file and then extracts the files from the TAR archive. NOTE: TGZ files are used as install packages for some Linux distributions. Therefore, the ".tar.gz" extension is sometimes used for archives while the ".tgz" extension is used for installers.

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What is a TGZ file?

A TGZ file is a Unix .TAR archive compressed with Gnu Zip ( .GZIP ) compression to reduce the file size. It is commonly used on Unix and Linux systems and was originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ .

More Information

To decompress a TGZ file and extract the archived files in one step at the Unix command line, type this command:

tar -xzvf filename.tgz

This command decompresses the Gzip file and then extracts the files from the TAR archive.

NOTE: TGZ files are used as install packages for some Linux distributions. Therefore, the ".tar.gz" extension is sometimes used for archives while the ".tgz" extension is used for installers.

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Programs that open TGZ files

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File Viewer Plus

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Get it from Microsoft

Free +

Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe

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Discontinued

Paid

RARLAB WinRAR

Free Trial

Corel WinZip

Free Trial

7-Zip

Free

Zipeg

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Apple Archive Utility

Included with OS

Corel WinZip Mac

Free Trial

Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe Mac 16

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Discontinued

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Incredible Bee Archiver

Paid

Zipeg

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tar

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File Viewer for Android

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ZDevs ZArchiver

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Updated: July 24, 2019

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What is a TGZ file?↓
A TGZ file is a Unix .TAR archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression to reduce the file size. It is commonly used on Unix and Linux systems and was originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.

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