open .zip files in linux?

[Taizong]

I am stumped, can't seem to get this done. Any suggestions?

[Taizong]

Nevermind, I always do this....I just typed unzip to test it, and it works....

[sarah31]

You can also use archiver (a KDE (?) app) to unzip it. But by the time you go through the directory tree you will have it unzipped via commandline :)

[-chaos-]

To open a zip file in the Linux console, type the folowing:

tar -zvf <zipfile.zip>

I belive this will create a new directory in your working directory with the contents of the zip file in it.

Or you can just type:

man tar

For more commands.

[ 23 January 2002: Message edited by: -chaos- ]