Name

unzip

Command line

unzip [-Z] [-opts[modifiers]] file[.zip] [list] [-x xlist] [-d exdir]

Discription

Default action is to extract files in list, except those in xlist, to exdir;

file[.zip] may be a wildcard.  -Z => ZipInfo mode ("unzip -Z" for usage).

Options

-l

list files (short format)

-f

freshen existing files, create none

-t

test compressed archive data

-u

update files, create if necessary

-z

display archive comment

-x

exclude files which follow (in xlist)

-d

extract files into exdir

Modifiers

-q

quiet mode (-qq => quieter)

-n

never overwrite existing files

-a

auto-convert any text files

-o

overwrite files WITHOUT prompting

-aa

treat ALL files as text

-j

junk paths (don't make directories)

-v

be verbose/print version info

-C

match filenames case-insensitively

-L

make (some) names lowercase

Examples (see unzip.doc for more info):

unzip data1 -x joe

extract all files except joe from zipfile data1.zip

unzip -p foo | more

send contents of foo.zip via pipe into program more

unzip -fo foo ReadMe

quietly replace existing ReadMe if archive file newer