Unzip files in phone from ADB terminal

Issue

I am trying to unzip files in my android (11) phone with ADB from the terminal (Ubuntu 20.04). I need to run a script from my Ubuntu laptop to unzip files on my phone.

I have already tried Busybox from this suggestion. With this app, I can unzip files after accessing the shell. I mean -

$ adb shell                
a60q:/ $ cd /sdcard/
a60q:/sdcard $ unzip data.zip                                            
Archive:  data.zip
  inflating: Screenshot from 2020-11-30 16-45-46 (7th copy).png
  inflating: Screenshot from 2020-11-30 16-45-46 (10th copy).png

But when I try to use the direct command, it shows an error.

$ adb shell unzip /sdcard/data.zip
unzip: couldn't create file Screenshot from 2020-11-30 16-45-46 (7th copy).png: Read-only file system
Archive:  /sdcard/data.zip

Rooting phone isn't an option. My questions are -

1. What can I do here to unzip from the terminal?
2. Is there any tool to make compressed zip files (in Android) from the terminal?

Solution

In order to successfully invoke the unzip command from the terminal you should explicitly specify the folder where the zip's content will be extracted, for instance:

adb shell unzip /sdcard/data.zip -d /sdcard

By invoking unzip --help you will get more information on the other parameters available as well.

Answered By - Lino