Uncompress .Z files

[Ray Van Dolson]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:05:55AM -0800, Leslie Jordan wrote:
> I need to uncompress a .Z file, and realize I need to install a package. I
> can not seem to find the right package to install online and a lot of
> download sites give me a 505 error when I try to download a package. I am
> running Red Hat 5.2.1.


> 
> Does anyone have any idea what the right package for me to install is and
> where I can find a working link to it?

Can you just do a zcat <filename>.Z > <filename> ?

> 
> Thanks!
> Leslie

Ray