1 min read 94 words Updated Sep 12, 2026 Created Sep 12, 2026

summary

magic bytes
50 4B 03 04

usage

-l : list contents

unzip -l filename.zip

-p : print file content to output without saving to disk.

unzip -p filename.zip

Extract a single file from a ZIP archive

unzip archive.zip path/to/file.txt

(path/to/file.txt is the path inside the ZIP archive)
(to get the path, use list: unzip -l)

*zip may not preserve permissions or symlinks, so don't use it when this is important, such as when