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Just downloaded a .zip file from the internet. I want to use the terminal to unzip the file. What is the correct way to do this?

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If you want to extract to a particular destination folder, you can use:

unzip file.zip -d destination_folder
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and sudo apt-get install unzip if needed. – Steve Bennett Jan 16 at 0:37
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It is simple use unzip

unzip file.zip
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Right click on the file and their is an option extract here if the package needed is installed it will extract to the same location if not it will proceed to prompt you to download the neccessary packages which are about 700kb proceed and your good.

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The OP wanted to unzip the file via terminal, so right-clicking will not work, although this will work via Nautilus. – Peachy Sep 22 '12 at 14:21

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