https://sandrocirulli.net/tags/unzip/ Recent content in Unzip on Sandro Cirulli Hugo en-gb Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://sandrocirulli.net/how-to-zip-and-unzip-from-the-command-line/ Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://sandrocirulli.net/how-to-zip-and-unzip-from-the-command-line/ <figure><img src="../../img/use_zip_code.jpg" alt="Use ZIP code"><figcaption> <p> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/1353624300/in/photolist-34BFm1-6Y1h-94YRLR-e3Q3Kv-peywT7-7LasUv-53kKMv-kNEqwM-53YptJ-63rKeW-adNKM8-6pErLi-e4f4Uq-e4f3Gs-e49kWV-akC5VK-67NF7L-kDsf5c-5qgi4p-gZtXEC-fk3LhY-67CUq6-8vVKd4-5DSu9A-pacFZw-adNKUe-kyX5n6-bug2q6-4BmG47-bvU4DU-r3hm-saZPC-5DMHSx-92udQo-bUBTyh-b42CMX-rYoFPT-p8ZK5d-p8ZL1b-e3VF19-nqdbCx-n7Z44x-kDuz3h-67Juc4-6CDaeP-jHf1dF-btMpDM-6Y8bNd-642Rn6-oTxwxg">Image: Roadsidepictures – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0</a></p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There are lots of GUI utilities to zip and unzip files but sometimes you only have access to the command line on a machine. Linux has different types of data compression formats (.tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, etc.) but I find the zip utilities easier to use and more compatible with Windows systems. So how do you zip and unzip files from the command line?</p>