How to Unzip in Unix
Zip formats are compressed archives that store any number of files and folders. These files are compressed to reduce the size of their file using a format known as "zip." The built-in Unix "unzip" tool allows you to work with compressed data by extracting it back into its uncompressed format. You may receive a zipped file by email or by downloading them from a website because their smaller file size makes them ideal for network distribution. You can "unzip" a file from the UNIX terminal.
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Open a new system terminal. Consult your Unix vendor's documentation for the best way to accomplish this. Remote SSH connections and graphical terminals are both popular methods, but the access method differs between UNIX distributions.
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Navigate to the directory containing the zipped file(s) or folder(s) by typing "cd /path/to/file" without quotes in the terminal. Replace "/path/to/file" with the directory containing the zip file.
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Type "unzip file.zip," replacing "file.zip" with the actual name of the zip archive. The extracted file will appear in the directory you executed this command from.
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