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Questions tagged [unzip]

unzip refers to the utility unzip or an action of unzipping.

The unzip utility lets you list, test, and extract compressed files from a ZIP archive. The questions under this tag can be related to:

  • Errors during using unzip
  • Help/errors during unzipping a ZIP archive
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What command do I need to unzip/extract a .tar.gz file?

I received a huge .tar.gz file from a client that contains about 800 mb of image files (when uncompressed.) Our hosting company's ftp is seriously slow, so extracting all the files locally and sending them up via ftp isn't practical. I was able to…
EmmyS
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unzip error "End-of-central-directory signature not found"

I try to unzip a zip file, but got an error: $ unzip COCR2_100.zip Archive: COCR2_100.zip End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter…
Tim
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how to use sudo command to install .tar.gz?

Possible Duplicate: How to install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file? I am newbie to ubuntu. I would like someone to explain how to use sudo command to unzip & install .tar.gz file to me.
omjaijagdish
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Error while unzipping: need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6)

I am getting this error while unzipping a file how unzip it c0mrad3@dinp:~/output/zip$ unzip 00000018.zip Archive: 00000018.zip skipping: secret.txt need PK compat. v5.1 (can do v4.6)
Tummala Dhanvi
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Unpack a war file to a destination folder without verbose output

i need to extract a war file with unzip without verbose output i am doing it like this - unzip myFile.war -d /home/app/ but this creates verbose output. How can i prevent that ?
Adil Shaikh
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Unable to unzip file

trying to unzip a file so im trying the following command Sorry im really quite new to linux btw this is Ubuntu server latest release. user@serverubuntu:~/minecraft/server$ ls rtk.zip user@serverubuntu:~/minecraft/server$ sudo unzip rtk.zip sudo:…
Valkyrie0512
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How to split .zip files and join them in Windows?

I need to split a .zip file in Ubuntu as .z01, .z02 etc... so that I would join them back in Windows. I don't have access to command prompt in Windows. How would I unzip files now?
kunaguvarun
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How to list content of all .zip files in a folder and grep for a specific file?

I have 348 zip files and I want to find a file that is in one of the zip files, unzip -l doesn't work with wild cards? How can I list content of all .zip files and grep through the merged list of all files contained in the zips?
Eduard Florinescu
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I would like to unzip as different file name

Ok i need to extract a zip archive named 'example.zip' but i would like to extract it as a different file name, not 'example' being my folder name, how could i extract a zip archive using unzip called 'example.zip' and extract it as the folder name…
owski.phillips
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unzip multiple files

I don't think that I'm the only one with this problem, but unfortunately I wasn't able to find the proper answer between previously asked questions. It is a very common procedure on torrent sites where the content is split in many small archives.…
rda
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Unzip specific directory without creating top directory

I have a ZIP file in which there is a top directory where all the files are stored: Release/ Release/file Release/subdirectory/file Release/subdirectory/file2 Release/subdirectory/file3 I want to extract everything under Release, preserving the…
user186092
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How to show unzip progress?

How can I show progress, bar or percentage, when unzipping large files? unzip zipfile.zip does not show any progress info?
JPX
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Unzipping large file: bad zipfile offset (local header sig)

I am unzipping a file with approximately 3 million single text files - the zip-file itself is around 12 GB in size. It's not multi-part - it's just one large zip file btw. I do not have the original data - all I have is the zipped file which means I…
Stefan Falk
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How to unzip a Japanese ZIP file, and avoid mojibake/garbled characters

I received a ZIP file from a Japanese customer. When I try to unzip it the file and folders names are messed up: $ unzip ~/Downloads/【新入荷ECM】資料.zip ... inflating: БyРVУ№Й╫ECMБzОСЧ┐/123_ГЖБ[ГXГPБ[ГX.xlsx What is the problem, and how to avoid it?
Nicolas Raoul
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How to quickly extract all kinds of archived files from command-line?

Many times I need to extract different kinds of archived files using commad-line. But not all the time I remember the exact command for any type of file archive. So, I have to waste time and search again. How can I avoid this?
Radu Rădeanu
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