what app can I use to unzip a folder? [SOLVED]

[Sparky]

I right clicked on it and inside it whilst selecting a file but I don't see an option to unzip.

[fehlix]

you would extract a folder or file from an opened archive, e.g zip-archive.

[Sparky]

I can't find zip-archive in synaptic
Can I unzip an entire folder?

[fehlix]

I can't find zip-archive in synaptic
Can I unzip an entire folder?

Xfce comes with an archiver already, which does also handel zip-archives. Just right-click in thunar to create an archive or extract an archive. You can only "unzip" a folder from an already zipp'ed archive. So your question makes not much as such sense to me, as you cannot unzip a just folder, which is not within a archive already.

[Sparky]

the folder is a super mario snes folder, it contains over 700 zipped files. The only way I can reach the unarchiver is by selecting a few, If I select all the option disappears.

[fehlix]

the folder is a super mario snes folder, it contains over 700 zipped files. The only way I can reach the unarchiver is by selecting a few, If I select all the option disappears.

Ahh, so you are asking not to unzip a folder but to unzip zip-archive files within a folder. That's a different question.

[Sparky]

the folder is a super mario snes folder, it contains over 700 zipped files. The only way I can reach the unarchiver is by selecting a few, If I select all the option disappears.

Ahh, so you are asking not to unzip a folder but to unzip zip-archive files within a folder. That's a different question.

Can I do that?

[Stevo]

The folder must then contain some files that are not zip files. You can sort files by Arrange/Sort by File Type in Thunar, so you can easily spot those. Select all, then unselect the non zip files with <Ctl> <left-click> on each one. Once only zip files selected, the Extract option will appear when right-clicked.

Of course, it's also pretty easy to write a script to extract each zip file in the folder. If you want to try that, a little websearch on that question should show you how.

[komer]

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[Sparky]

Can I do that?

Right click -> open terminal here (inside that folder) and:

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$ unzip "*.zip"

HTH :-)

Hey that did it!
Thank you both!