INFORMATICS

How to Unzip zip files in CentOS using unzip Command

Install unzip command on CentOS 7

#yum install unzip

Unzip zip files in command line in CentOS

To unzip a zip folder, use the unzip command followed by the name of the zip file.

unzip file_for_unzip.zip

The unzip command in CentOS will unzip the zip file to the current working directory.

Unzip zip file to specific directory

With -d option we can specify the directory, which we want to extract files.

unzip -d /home/user/Documents file_for_unzip.zip

This time CentOS unzip command will extract the zip file to the /home/user/Documents directory.