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How to Unzip a Zip File from the Terminal in Ubuntu

Topic: Ubuntu / LinuxPrev|Next

Answer: Use the unzip Command

First install the unzip utility if it isn't already installed on your system. But before this, let's begin by updating the local package index by using the following command:

sudo apt update

Now run the following command to install the unzip utility:

sudo apt install unzip

To extract zip file at the same location you can simply use the following command:

unzip filename.zip

If you want to extract zip file to a particular destination folder, you can use the command:

unzip filename.zip -d /path/to/destination_folder

For example, if your current working directory is /var/www and you want to extract /var/www/sample.zip file inside /var/www/dev, you can run:

unzip sample.zip -d dev

Or, if you want to use absolute path you can run the following command.

unzip /var/www/sample.zip -d /var/www/dev

Both commands will have the same effect, because current working directory doesn't matter when you use absolute path. Any path that starts with a forward slash / is an absolute path.


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