Re-use, don't re-invent - How do I unzip multiple / many files under Linux?

I'm reposting the core of an excellent article by Vivek Gte on using wildcards with the unzip command on Unix: -

How do I unzip multiple / many files under Linux?

This is in specific response to an issue that one of my colleagues had earlier today, whilst trying to expand multiple WebSphere Application Server 8.5 installation packages on Linux: -

Q. I've lots of files in a directory called /disk2/images. All files are zip file format , so I am using following command:

unzip *.zip

Which is result into an error as follows:

caution: filename not matched

How do I unzip multiple / many files under Linux?

Option # 1 : unzip multiple files using single quote (short version)

Type the command as follows:

$ unzip '*.zip'

Note that *.zip word is put in between two single quote, so that shell will not recognize it as a wild card character.

Option # 2 : unzip multiple files using shell for loop (long version)

You can also use for loop as follows:
$ for z in *.zip; do unzip $z; done