How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal?

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How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal?

Just downloaded a .zip file from the internet. I want to use the terminal to unzip the file. What is the correct way to do this?

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3 years ago by Bharatgxwzm

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**akshay1995** · Answer 1 · 2021-07-14T12:05:00

If the unzip command isn't already installed on your system, then run:



sudo apt-get install unzip

After installing the unzip utility, if you want to extract to a particular destination folder, you can use:



unzip file.zip -d destination_folder

If the source and destination directories are the same, you can simply do:



unzip file.zip

**sandhya6gczb** · Answer 2 · 2021-07-15T13:12:54

A more useful tool is 7z, which zips and unzips a range of compression formats, notably lzma, usually the protocol offering the highest compression rates.

This command installs 7z:



sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

This command lists the contents of the zip:



7z l zipfile.zip

This command extracts the contents of the zip:



7z x zipfile.zip

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How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal?

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