A .zip file, just use 'unzip filename'.
A .tar.gz file, use 'tar -zxvf filename'
A .tar.bz2 file, use 'tar -jxvf filename'
A .gz file, use 'gunzip filename'
a .bz2 file, use 'bunzip2 filename'

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