Unzipping Rockyou.txt.gz in Kali Linux

Posted on March 20, 2020June 1, 2021 by Harley in Tips & Tricks

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Stupid simple post. Creating this as I never remember the syntax and have to look it up each time I spin up a new VM. Posting the command here for my own personal gain in the future.

sudo gzip -d /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt.gz

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rdavio says:

July 24, 2020 at 2:17 am

Thank you!

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Dex says:

September 22, 2020 at 11:22 pm

Hey, dude. It says there is no such file or directory.

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1. Harley says:
  
  September 23, 2020 at 5:39 am
  
  Do you see it when you do a “ls -la” on /usr/share/wordlists? You might need to download it if it isn’t present
  
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  1. Aygx says:
    
    January 7, 2021 at 7:51 pm
    
    sudo apt install wordlists
    
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2. mincha.9999 says:
  
  August 8, 2021 at 9:55 pm
  
  hey bro u havent downloaded it type
  
  sudo apt install wordlists
  
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jacob says:

February 8, 2021 at 5:37 pm

thanks

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anon says:

March 25, 2021 at 12:07 am

thanks

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Comrade says:

April 28, 2021 at 4:09 pm

Thank you. This was helpful. 🙂
I guess installing it in WSL 2 leaves the file compressed.

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alex says:

May 6, 2021 at 2:03 pm

saved my uni project, thx

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MsK4L1L1UX says:

May 21, 2021 at 8:37 pm

Dude thank you!

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