Another way to unzip zip archives from the command line

Jan 12, '04 09:35:00AM

Contributed by: kirkmc

No need to look for an unzip command (even though there is one); just run the following command to unzip zip archives from the Terminal:

% open filename.zip
Since zip files unzip with a double-click, the open command does the same thing.

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