The `unzip` command¶

The unzip command extracts all files from the specified ZIP archive to the current directory.

In order to extract the files the syntax would be the following:

unzip myZipFile.zip

To unzip a ZIP file to a different directory than the current one, don't forget to add the -d flag:

unzip myZipFile.zip -d /path/to/directory

To unzip a ZIP file and exclude specific file or files or directories from being extracted, don't forget to add the -x flag:

unzip myZipFile.zip -x file1.txt file2.txt

unzip zipFileName [OPTION] [PARAMS]

Flag	Description	Params
`-d`	Unzip an archive to a different directory.	/path/to/directory
`-x`	Extract the archive but do not extract the specified files.	filename(s)
`-j`	Unzip without creating new folders, if the zipped archive contains a folder structure.	-
`-l`	Lists the contents of an archive file without extracting it.	-
`-n`	Do not overwrite existing files; supply an alternative filename instead.	-
`-o`	Overwrite files.	-
`-P`	Supplies a password to unzip a protected archive file.	password
`-q`	Unzips without writing status messages to the standard output.	-
`-t`	Tests whether an archive file is valid.	-
`-v`	Displays detailed (verbose) information about the archive without extracting it.	-

Last update: 2022-05-12

The unzip command¶