Howto Extract Zip Files in a Linux and Unix-like Systems

To extract a ZIP file in a Linux or Unix-like system, you can use the following command:

unzip filename.zip

This command will extract the contents of filename.zip into the current directory. The extracted files will have the same permissions and ownership as the original ZIP file.

If you want to extract the contents of the ZIP file to a different directory, you can use the following command:

unzip filename.zip -d destination_directory

This command will extract the contents of filename.zip to the directory specified by destination_directory.

Note: You may need to install the unzip package if it is not already installed on your system. You can install it using the following command:

sudo apt-get install unzip (Debian/Ubuntu)
sudo yum install unzip (CentOS/RHEL)