How to unzip a file using the command line?

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Th3Fix3r picture Th3Fix3r · Jun 20, 2009 · Viewed 648.8k times · Source

Which commands can be used via the command line to unzip a file?
Preferably something built into Windows or open source/free tools.

Answer

Brian picture Brian · Jun 20, 2009

If you already have Java Development Kit on your PC and the bin directory is in your path (in most cases), you can use the command line:

jar xf test.zip

or if not in your path:

C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\bin>jar xf test.zip

Complete set of options for the jar tool available here.

Examples:

Extract jar file
    jar x[v]f jarfile [inputfiles] [-Joption] 
    jar x[v] [inputfiles] [-Joption]

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