Unzip

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Command to list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive.

Flags

-q

Does not print the unzip progress.

-o

Overwrites a file if the same file already exists. (Overwrite)

-d {dir_path}

Specifies the output path.

Decompress a zip

To decompress a zip file in Unix, enter:

$ unzip filename

Example

Specify the output path.

$ unzip -qo jpegsr9a.zip -d $HOME/output

See also

• zip
• tar

Favorite site

• Howto: UNIX Zip Command
• KLDP: Please tell me how to extract ZIP files larger than 2GB