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Unzip is the process of archiving or decompressing a zip file.

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Equivalent to tar's "--strip-components=1" in unzip?

I have a script that extracts a tar.gz-file to a specified subdirectory mysubfolder: mkdir mysubfolder; tar --extract --file=sourcefile.tar.gz --strip-components=1 --directory=mysubfolder; Is there any equivalent way of doing this with a zip-file?
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Why is unzipped directory much smaller (4.0 K) than zipped (73.0 G)?

I unzipped a zipped file using zip -l but what get is a dir much smaller than what it was before unzipping. Unzipped dir has all the files mostly videos. Why is the unzipped directory exactly 4.0k? Am I missing something? Bash output of…
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How to unzip files via an FTP connection?

I have connected to my remote server via FTP and I got a directory listing. I have few zip files in the list. Is it possible to unzip the file (Ex: test.zip)?. If yes, what is the command?
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How to decompress .lz4?

How to decompress .lz4 file under Windows? Is am not sure if it is supported in Windows. I tried to open the file using 7-zip but it could not open the file. How might I open and decompress this file?
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How to unzip a file with a hyphen at the beginning of the file name

I have a Zip file with a hyphen at the start of its name, let's say '- stuff.zip' If I need to move or copy the file, this means that I need to use a double-hyphen so that the filename isn't interpreted as an option : cp -- '- stuff.zip' '-…
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How do I decompress .bgz files?

Is there any software that will decompress a file named nnnnn.tsv.bgz on a PC running Windows 10? The usual R commands will not do it.
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Is it possible to unzip in parallel with AES-256 encryption?

I compressed and encrypted (AES256) a folder with millions of JSONs using (in Ubuntu): 7za a -tzip -p -mem=AES256 json.zip json/ The compression seems to have gone fast, 4 hours or so. Now, I am decompressing/unencrypting the json.zip: 7za x…
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Extract selected files from large zip file with limited available space

I need to download a large zip file (200 GB), unzip it (not sure how large it will become, but assume < 1 TB), and extract a few files from it (likely < 1 GB). My hard drive can't handle the amount of data, and I don't have an external drive with…
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Unzip File: Permission Denied

I am trying to unzip a file (Facebook download-your-info zip file), but here's what I got: Is there a way I can force-unzip it? Update: I tried sudo unzip file.zip -d destination_folder in terminal, and it unzipped the file, but what came out, all…
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Unable to understand error with unzip

I have some *.zip files. I was trying to unzip these files through unzip command in Unix. But it is giving some trouble which I can not understand. Here is what I am trying to do unzip file.zip It is giving the following error bad CRC 64162f32 …
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How to decompress an encrypted zip file with ANSI encoded password?

I need to decompress zip files generated in Windows with Japanese language. I'm using unzip. If I use unzip files.zip I will get bad file names. So, according to this question, I used unzip with -O cp932 to decompress them. In this way, I can get…
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Why do some (but not all) zip-Files greater than ~3.7GB fail to extract

I am dealing with a lot of zip-files (DCP Films for a Film-Festival) between 4GB and 40GB that are sent to me by various individuals that use various programs to compress the folder that they are sending. There are usually 5-10 files per folder…
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How to know if a zip file has a root folder?

I regularly got suckered by zip file (libraries, programs, ...). Sometime, I am cautious and I do: $ mkdir content && cd content $ unzip ../library.zip Archive: library.zip creating: library/ inflating: library/foo.c ... $ # Grumble... $ mv…
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How to explore nested zip without extract?

In bash, I use unzip -l in order to show the content of a zip without extract its content. My question: what command should I use if I have nested zip files and I want to explore also the content of nested zip inside? Example: file1.zip | | …
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Methods to open huge .sql.gz file?

I have huge 12 GB .sql.gz file that I need to unzip on my Windows 10 computer. So far, I have tried using WinZip, 7-Zip, and the gunzip command in Cygwin. I received the error messages shown below for each of those attempts. I know that the error…
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