While trying to see the content of a zipped file, I only get information about the zipping process












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In Ubuntu, installed on Windows Subsystem for Linux, I want to see the content of a zip file, using gzip --list.



I expected to see a list of included files like this:



FileName    ratio
File1 10%
File2 35%
...


Instead I just see some information on the compression of the zip file:



gzip --list "2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip"
compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name
38994 -1 0.0% 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip


… and it's bogus information! 
How do I obtain a list of the files archived in that zip file?










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    In Ubuntu, installed on Windows Subsystem for Linux, I want to see the content of a zip file, using gzip --list.



    I expected to see a list of included files like this:



    FileName    ratio
    File1 10%
    File2 35%
    ...


    Instead I just see some information on the compression of the zip file:



    gzip --list "2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip"
    compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name
    38994 -1 0.0% 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip


    … and it's bogus information! 
    How do I obtain a list of the files archived in that zip file?










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      In Ubuntu, installed on Windows Subsystem for Linux, I want to see the content of a zip file, using gzip --list.



      I expected to see a list of included files like this:



      FileName    ratio
      File1 10%
      File2 35%
      ...


      Instead I just see some information on the compression of the zip file:



      gzip --list "2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip"
      compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name
      38994 -1 0.0% 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip


      … and it's bogus information! 
      How do I obtain a list of the files archived in that zip file?










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      In Ubuntu, installed on Windows Subsystem for Linux, I want to see the content of a zip file, using gzip --list.



      I expected to see a list of included files like this:



      FileName    ratio
      File1 10%
      File2 35%
      ...


      Instead I just see some information on the compression of the zip file:



      gzip --list "2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip"
      compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name
      38994 -1 0.0% 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip


      … and it's bogus information! 
      How do I obtain a list of the files archived in that zip file?







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          Gzip (.gz) and Zip (.zip) are two different file formats - you're using the gzip tool on a zip archive.



          Try using unzip -lv 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip



          The output should look something like this:



          #unzip -lv test.zip
          Archive: test.zip
          Length Method Size Cmpr Date Time CRC-32 Name
          -------- ------ ------- ---- ---------- ----- -------- ----
          528 Defl:N 334 37% 2017-06-19 17:33 b9fd9cb9 test.py
          -------- ------- --- -------
          528 334 37% 1 file





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            Gzip (.gz) and Zip (.zip) are two different file formats - you're using the gzip tool on a zip archive.



            Try using unzip -lv 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip



            The output should look something like this:



            #unzip -lv test.zip
            Archive: test.zip
            Length Method Size Cmpr Date Time CRC-32 Name
            -------- ------ ------- ---- ---------- ----- -------- ----
            528 Defl:N 334 37% 2017-06-19 17:33 b9fd9cb9 test.py
            -------- ------- --- -------
            528 334 37% 1 file





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              Gzip (.gz) and Zip (.zip) are two different file formats - you're using the gzip tool on a zip archive.



              Try using unzip -lv 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip



              The output should look something like this:



              #unzip -lv test.zip
              Archive: test.zip
              Length Method Size Cmpr Date Time CRC-32 Name
              -------- ------ ------- ---- ---------- ----- -------- ----
              528 Defl:N 334 37% 2017-06-19 17:33 b9fd9cb9 test.py
              -------- ------- --- -------
              528 334 37% 1 file





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                Gzip (.gz) and Zip (.zip) are two different file formats - you're using the gzip tool on a zip archive.



                Try using unzip -lv 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip



                The output should look something like this:



                #unzip -lv test.zip
                Archive: test.zip
                Length Method Size Cmpr Date Time CRC-32 Name
                -------- ------ ------- ---- ---------- ----- -------- ----
                528 Defl:N 334 37% 2017-06-19 17:33 b9fd9cb9 test.py
                -------- ------- --- -------
                528 334 37% 1 file





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                Gzip (.gz) and Zip (.zip) are two different file formats - you're using the gzip tool on a zip archive.



                Try using unzip -lv 2019_02_04 05_01_24_Internal_File_2019_02_04 06_00_02.zip



                The output should look something like this:



                #unzip -lv test.zip
                Archive: test.zip
                Length Method Size Cmpr Date Time CRC-32 Name
                -------- ------ ------- ---- ---------- ----- -------- ----
                528 Defl:N 334 37% 2017-06-19 17:33 b9fd9cb9 test.py
                -------- ------- --- -------
                528 334 37% 1 file






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