12.3 Backing Up, Compressing, and Restoring Files
12.3.3 Uncompressing files
The corresponding command used to reverse the effects of the compress command is uncompress. Files cannot be used in their compressed form so it is necessary to use the uncompress command to restore them to their original size. Figure shows an example of the uncompress command with the v (verbose) option. This allows you to see the results of the file being uncompressed.

Note: It is not necessary to specify the .Z extension with the uncompress command. This command can uncompress multiple files and support the use of wildcard metacharacters such as ? and *.

Interactive Media Activity (Flash, 95 kB)
  Compressing and Uncompressing Files

In this media activity, you are logged in as user2 and your current working directory is: /home/user2. Refer to the Class File Tree Structure by clicking the 'tree' button located on the Menu Bar and type the commands that would accomplish the requested objectives.
Note: Be sure to press enter after each one. Click on step 1 to begin.