SSH - unzip files on server

[Smallbizuser]

Hi, newbie question, been driving me crazy... my server is VPS, and I can't figure out how to automate unzipping of files using SSH. Manually, it seems to work using the following:

gzip -d -f file.txt.gz

And in fact, the gz file is auto-deleted (odd, but true?)

Can someone pls tell me the correct syntax to run this for numerous files..? This doesn't work:

gzip -d -f file2.txt.gz
gzip -d -f file3.txt.gz

It returns "file2.txt.gz.gz: No such file or directory" (even when I delete the gz extension)

And also to continue the steps, if one file isn't found.

Thanks!

[lnxcode]

You can do this to unzip a file:

unzip filename.zip to unzip an archive.

You can do this:

1. gunzip filename.tar.gz
2. tar -vxf filename.tar
3. Now you're only left with filename