Unzip large zst files

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How to Decompress a Zstandard (.zst) File on Windows

If you have a 16GB compressed Zstandard (.zst) file, you can decompress it on Windows using the following steps:

  1. Download zstd and extract it.
  2. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe).
  3. Navigate to the extracted directory using cd (e.g. cd C:\zstd-1.4.4-win64).
  4. Decompress the file using the zstd.exe command. Note that you need to specify -o with the output file name.
zstd.exe -d file.zst -o file

The resulting file will not be decompressed in memory. It will be written directly to the output file.

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To decompress a Zstandard (.zst) file on Windows, follow these steps:

  1. Download zstd and extract it.
  2. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe).
  3. Navigate to the extracted directory using cd (e.g. cd C:\zstd-1.4.4-win64).
  4. Decompress the file using the zstd.exe command. Note that you need to specify -o with the output file name.
zstd.exe -d file.zst -o file

The resulting file will not be decompressed in memory. It will be written directly to the output file.