Sep.01
How to Unzip and Zip folder via SSH
Step 1.
Open Putty or Terminal then login to your server via SSH
Step 2.
Once you are logged into your server via SSH, now navigate to the directory where the .zip file you wish to unzip is located there.
Step 3.
Then type following command to try unzipping
unzip [filename].zip
example
unzip screenshot.zip
you may be successful but you may not.
error message:
– bash: unzip: command not found
In this case you have to install it first.
Step 4.
Use following command:
for Debian and Ubuntu:
apt-get
install
unzip
for Red Hat Linux/Fedora/CentOS users:
yum
install
unzip
Step 5.
That’s it. Now you can try unzipping it again using command in step 3 above.
How to zip / compress file?
Step 1.
Open Putty or Terminal then login to your server via SSH
Step 2.
Once you are logged into your server via SSH, now navigate to the directory where the files and folders you wish to zip / compress are located there.
Step 3.
Use following command:
zip [zip
file
name] [
file
1] [
file
2] [
file
3] [
file
and so on]
example:
zip example.zip 1.txt 2.txt 3.txt
In this example we’ll compress files 1.txt, 2.txt and 3.txt into a single example.zip file
you may be successful but you may not.
error message:
– bash: zip: command not found
In this case you have to install it first.
Step 4.
Use following command to install zip function:
for Debian and Ubuntu:
apt-get
install
zip
for Red Hat Linux/Fedora/CentOS users:
yum
install
zip
Step 5.
That’s it. Now you can try zipping it again using command in step 3 above.