unzip .zip file in unix

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi friends,

I have a .zip file which has 6 pdf files. I have ftp'd the .zip file into unix and I am trying to uncompress/unzip the file. Could you please help with the right command.

Thanks

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Hi.

Have you tried the unzip command?

3

won't that be to simple? :wink:

4

I hadn't thought of that :slight_smile:

New solution:

Burn the 6 PDF's to a BluRay disc, then put it in you PS3; set up a wireless connection to your Linux box and Bluetooth it via infrared to your USB stick...

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thats a nice solution :smiley:

6

It sometimes pays to think "out of the box".

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MAybe we can fit you back into the box.... :slight_smile:

the OP has asked variations on this question several times already.

  1. use the zip/unzip commands in unix, not gzip/gunzip, for multifile archives
    zip was a good start.

  2. alternatively, use tar to collect the files FIRST, then compress/uncompress (gzip/gunzip) the archive. I already explained this to you before.

  3. gunzip won't work well as it has trouble separating several compressed files from one archive file.

  4. unzip is specifically meant to do what you want.

Go back and gather the files into an archive that you can get multiple files out of. ftp that over. Then uncompress the archive, extracting multiple files.

To find unzip, try

which unzip

If that does not work and you are on Linux try

locate unzip
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please find the following command

unzip -j file.zip

Thanks

---------- Post updated at 04:49 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:48 PM ----------

Thanks for your valuable reply :)-

unzip -j filename.zip worked!!