Windows unzip via command line

[patrick24601]

Does anybody know the command line equivalent of the Windows Explorer right click 'Extract' menu option? I need to script the unzip of a zip file that I am downloading.

Thanks,
Patrick

 

[Old Hippie]

Hi ya Pat. I'm a little more confused today than usual. What type of zip file are you getting, and what do you want to do?

 

[Quiksilver]

This site will help.
http://stahlworks.com/dev/index.php?tool=zipunzip

OH:
He's trying to unzip a .zip file using the command prompt.

 

[patrick24601]

QuickSilver - thanks for the info. I was hoping to do it with the built in unzip (right click--- extract) without having to download anything. I'll do it your way if I have to. I would think (there I go again) that if it can be done with a right click it can be done with a command line.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: patrick24601
QuickSilver - thanks for the info. I was hoping to do it with the built in unzip (right click--- extract) without having to download anything. I'll do it your way if I have to. I would think (there I go again) that if it can be done with a right click it can be done with a command line.

It can, the link provided isn't a download tool. It just shows you the ways of doing it via command prompt.

 

[redbeard1]

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