Compression Commands

unzip Linux Command

Extracts files from a ZIP archive.

What does unzip do?

Extracts files from a ZIP archive.

unzip archive.zip

unzip project.zip -d ./extracted

How do I extract a zip file?

Use `unzip archive.zip` to extract all files in the current directory. Use `-d /path/` to extract to a specific directory.

How do I extract to a specific directory?

Use `unzip archive.zip -d /destination/` to extract files to the specified directory.

How do I list contents without extracting?

Use `unzip -l archive.zip` to list all files in the zip with their sizes and dates.

How do I extract only specific files?

Use `unzip archive.zip file1.txt file2.txt` to extract only the specified files from the archive.

How do I overwrite files without prompting?

Use `unzip -o archive.zip` to overwrite existing files without asking. Use with caution.

How do I test a zip file for corruption?

Use `unzip -t archive.zip` to test the integrity of the zip file without extracting.

How do I extract a password-protected zip?

Use `unzip -P password archive.zip` or `unzip archive.zip` which will prompt for the password.

How do I see what will be extracted?

Use `unzip -l archive.zip` to see the file list, or `unzip -n archive.zip` to extract without overwriting (dry run).

Creates a compressed ZIP archive of files and directories.

Compresses files using the xz (LZMA2) algorithm — very high compression ratio.

Decompresses a .bz2 file back to its original form.

Decompresses a .xz file back to its original form.

Compresses files using the bzip2 algorithm (better compression than gzip, slower).

High-compression archiver supporting many formats (7z, zip, rar, tar, etc.).