Extract archives with SSH at Hostinger by connecting to your hosting plan, opening the folder that contains the archive, and running unzip or tar. The command depends on the archive format: .zip, .tar, or .tar.gz.
Step 1 – Preparation
Make sure, that your archive is located in the folder, where you expect it to be. If it needs to be uploaded, you can do so with the File Manager or using FTP.
Step 2 – Connection
Enable SSH access and connect to your account using SSH. Open the directory, where your archive is located. For that:
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Run
lscommand. If you see the needed archive, then you can go to Step 3 -
If the needed file is in a subdirectory, reach it by running:
cd path/to/fileswhere “path/to/files” is changed by an actual path to your file. For example, if your archive is located in public_html/new/version1, then the command should be “cd new/version1”.
Step 3 – Extraction
Finally, the extraction. The command will differ based on the archive’s format:
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ZIP:
unzip archive.zip -
TAR:
tar -xvf archive.tar -
TAR.GZ:
tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz
Where instead of “archive” write the name of your archive’s file. Extraction takes some time; as soon as it’s finished, you will see this from the new line:
-bash-4.2$and have an opportunity to run the new command:
You can open File Manager to double-check that your archive is already extracted and files waiting for you in a separate folder, named by the archive. To compress files into a new archive, see How to create archives with SSH at Hostinger.