Many of our customers ask how to unzip a folder or a file in the linux shell prompt.

This short step by step guide tutorial will show you how to compress and uncompress (pack and unpack) a .zip files in the linux shell command:

To zip a file command:
Code/Command:
zip filename.zip



Then you can extract the original files like this:

To unzip a file command:
Code/Command:
unzip filename.zip