You're unlikely to run into .bz2 files all that often - but you'll eventually bump into them. When you do, it's not too hard to decompress them. If you have to respond in kind, that is send a file back, you'll also learn how to create a .bz2 file.
Note the warning on the page, in bold text. In hindsight, I should have used a speech bubble type of thing. When you create a file with bzip2, it's a *destructive* process. For reasons unknown to me, it removes the original file. You need to use the -k flag to keep the original file. I have no idea why they did it this way, but here we are.
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How To: Compress And Decompress .bz2 Files • Linux Tips
In today's article, we're going to discuss how to compress and decompress .bz2 files. This is something you may eventually need to know.
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Note the warning on the page, in bold text. In hindsight, I should have used a speech bubble type of thing. When you create a file with bzip2, it's a *destructive* process. For reasons unknown to me, it removes the original file. You need to use the -k flag to keep the original file. I have no idea why they did it this way, but here we are.
I do love me some feedback.