What command line tool in Linux works like WinZip in windows?

toastyjsd · 02-17-2009, 06:58 PM

Hello all I'm taking a intro to Linux class and I need an answer to the following question

What command line tool in Linux works like WinZip in windows?

I know I should know this but it escapes me

Thanks
Toasty

pljvaldez · 02-17-2009, 07:02 PM

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/intro-linux.html

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/...re_Equivalents

digerati1338 · 02-17-2009, 07:12 PM

If it's homework you should be doing it yourself.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+zip+command+line

palisetty_suman · 02-17-2009, 09:42 PM

Hi here are the two commands to unzip a .gz file extension

1)gunzip -S .zip filename.gz

2)gunzip filename.gz

ALL THE BEST

salasi · 02-18-2009, 03:36 AM

This will not give you an instant answer, but might help you next time with a similar problem.

To find all commands that have something to do with 'zip', try

man -k zip

and 'man whatever' to get more details.

servat78 · 02-18-2009, 04:50 PM

'zip' and 'unzip' are the command-line tools, though the question is quite silly on part of the class, because GUI-tools and command-line allow only unfair comparing results. 'Ark' is actually more comparable to WinZip, as it's a GUI-tool as well and handles ZIP file formats among others.
What kind of a Linux class asks this kind of lame questions?

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