"Error 79 - Inappropriate File Type or Format" when trying to open user export file

Knowledge Solutions
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Problem Statement

We got the error: “Error 79 - Inappropriate File Type or Format” when trying to open the user export file gz file.

Solution

Please right-click the file and go to “Open with…” and select “Console” the file should open up.

Or you can unzip the file in the terminal using ‘gunzip’.

gunzip -v file_name.csv.gz