unpack a bz2 file on windows
I downloaded an exe from here, then opened a terminal, navigated to the directory where I saved it then typed the file name of the app followed by –decompress then the filename of the bz2 file I wanted to decompress
C:datasoftware>bzip2-102-x86-win32.exe –decompress myfile.bz2
use
C:datasoftware>bzip2-102-x86-win32.exe –help
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