---
name: "miniunzip"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "minizip"
version: "1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/miniunzip"
---

# miniunzip(1)

uncompress and examine ZIP archives

## NAME

miniunzip - uncompress and examine ZIP archives

## SYNOPSIS

**miniunzip** \[*-exvlo*\] zipfile \[ files\_to\_extract \] \[-d tempdir\]

## DESCRIPTION

**minizip** is a simple tool which allows the extraction of compressed file archives in the ZIP format used by the MS-DOS utility PKZIP.  It was written as a demonstration of the [*zlib*(3)](/zlib/3.md) library and therefore lack many of the features of the [*unzip*(1)](/unzip/1.md) program.

## OPTIONS

A number of options are supported.  With the exception of **-d** *tempdir* these must be supplied before any other arguments and are:

- **-l , --v**

  List the files in the archive without extracting them.

- **-o**

  Overwrite files without prompting for confirmation.

- **-x**

  Extract files (default).

The *zipfile* argument is the name of the archive to process. The next argument can be used to specify a single file to extract from the archive.

Lastly, the following option can be specified at the end of the command-line:

- **-d** *tempdir*

  Extract the archive in the directory *tempdir* rather than the current directory.

## SEE ALSO

[**minizip**(1)](/minizip/1.md), [**zlib**(3)](/zlib/3.md), [**unzip**(1)](/unzip/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This program was written by Gilles Vollant.  This manual page was written by Mark Brown \<broonie@sirena.org.uk\>. The -d tempdir option was added by Dirk Eddelbuettel \<edd@debian.org\>.