How to unzip a file using git bash (Windows)?

Question

Is there a piece of code to unzip a file using git bash on windows? I tried unzipping with this line of code:

unzip somefile.zip

and it returns a

bash: unzip: command not found

Solution

Install the latest git (git-bash) from https://git-scm.com/downloads - at the time of writing it is the 2.10.0 version. It comes with unzip packaged inside as one of the tools. Check optional unix tools during setup if you already use gitbash as your go-to console.

Comments

[negas]

sudo in windows?

[Stefan]

Yes, Windows has a linux subsystem. In fact it supports multiple simultaneous subsystems. See here: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

[Gino Mempin]

This was also mentioned in this other answer, where it said unzip is available as of 2.10.

[joanis]

As far as I know, this only works for opening gzip'd archves, like .tar.gz or .tgz, but not for zip files.

[LinuxDisciple]

The question specifically says Git Bash. WSL is off-topic.

[Stefan]

@LinuxDisciple How so? I use Git in WSL Bash all the time, as do many people.

[LinuxDisciple]

git-bash (see OP's tag) is a Windows program that emulates the Bash terminal. It's a completely different environment from WSL.