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Why does gunzip tell me the file is not in gzip format?

April 26, 2017file format gunzip gzip

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Why does gunzip tell me the file is not in gzip format?

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Some browsers (like newer versions on Netscape) automatically unzip files after download. If this is the case, the file should be 20 MB (rather than 6 MB of the compressed file). You can just rename the file to remove the .gz suffix.