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unsquashfs: Extract a squashfs filesystem to `squashfs-root` in the current working directory.
$ unsquashfs ${filesystem-squashfs}
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The command unsquashfs is used to extract the contents of a SquashFS file system. SquashFS is a compressed read-only file system used mainly in Linux environments.

The ${filesystem-squashfs} part is a placeholder that needs to be replaced with the actual file path of the SquashFS file you want to extract. For example, if the SquashFS file is named myfilesystem.squashfs and it is located in the current directory, the command would be:

unsquashfs myfilesystem.squashfs

When the command is executed, it will extract the contents of the SquashFS file system and create the respective directory structure with files and folders in the current directory. The extracted files can then be accessed and used as needed.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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