How do I convert tar.bz2 to tar.gz?

Question

I'm new in Linux, is this conversion possible?

Do I need to compress and decompress all content?

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:46

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bunzip2 -c < file.tar.bz2 | gzip -c > file.tar.gz

answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:46

Jeff Ferland

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:47

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You need to decompress, and then compress.

You can convert like so:

 bunzip2 -c -d file.tar.bz2 | gzip -v9 > file.tar.gz

answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:46

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Yes, you need to decompress and compress the content (because compression is not "compositional").

answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:46

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