How do i extract .zip files on Linux

[Mind It]

I have Linux been running as my operating. Recently i had downloaded a file from the internet. Now the problem is that it is in a .zip format. Can any body tell me that how do i extract .zip files on Linux? Any one knows about it? Let me know the correct way of doing it.

[chroma]

If the file specification is a wildcard, each matching file is processed in an order determined by the operating system (or file system). The command uses the standard zip file format. The archive files can therefore be used to transfer files and directories between commonly used operating systems.

[Sam.D]

You can compress Linux files with the open-source compression tool Gzip or with Zip, which is recognized by most operating systems. UnZip will list, test, or extract files from a .zip archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. By convention, compressed files are given the extension .gz. The command Gzip creates a compressed file ending with .gz; Gunzip extracts the compressed files and removes the .gz file.

[Raine]

If you use the -k flag when you zip a file under Linux, you can apply PKUNZIP to it under DOS. While Zip files are usually associated with MS-DOS and Windows systems, current Linux distributions can unzip files right out of the box. To compress a file, at a shell prompt, type the following command:

gzip filename.ext

The file will be compressed and saved as filename.ext.gz.