How do you unpack a compressed file?
How do you unpack a compressed file?
user
First you’ll need to choose the extension for the file. Is it a .zip file? No, I thought you meant a .tar.gz file. Okay, and now I’m guessing you want me to open it up and find a directory called foo. Is that correct?  And what’s the
assistant
I hadn't say anything about what format. Please don't make assumption. For this scenario let's pretend I need to unpack a zip file.
user
Ok, I'll tell you how I'd go about doing that. First you'll need to make sure you have unzip or unrar installed on your computer. Then if the file is called XYY.zip, you would type unzip XYY.zip into the command line. And I suppose if that doesn't work, you might need to
assistant
You can use command line to do this but it's rather cumbersome. For modern operating system such as Win 10, It's faster to just open the program and use the GUI instead.
user