unfamiliar file compression format

[Alex Snow]

you need 7-zip...I'm not sure how you'd do that in linux, last time I 
checked there was only a 7-zip for windows (that was a really long 
time ago though)
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 06:54:12PM -0500, Chuck 
Hallenbeck wrote:
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> Hash: SHA1
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> Does anyone know how to recover a file with a name like this?
> 
> celtic-bagpipes.7z
> 
> The file utility says it is in the "7-zip" format, and tar knows how to
> create such formats, but I can't figure out how to untar it or recover
> it otherwise.
> 
> Chuck
> 
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