The most common fix is putting the path in single quotes. This stops the terminal from "guessing" what the wildcard means and passes the symbol directly to the unzip tool. unzip 'stage/components/*' unzip "stage/components/*" 2. Check the Path
If the wildcard still isn't working, try extracting everything to a temporary directory and then moving the required files:
If you prefer not to use quotes, you can escape the wildcard character using a backslash ( \ ). This tells the shell to treat the asterisk as a literal character rather than a special wildcard operator. unzip stage-components-\*.zip Use code with caution. Solution 3: Verify the File Path and Directory The most common fix is putting the path in single quotes
7z x archive.zip -ooutput/ mv output/stage\ components .
: If you're trying to extract a directory and its contents, use the -r option with the unzip command. This option allows you to extract files recursively. Check the Path If the wildcard still isn't
unzip my.zip stage components 2>&1 | cat -A
that rely on unzipping components from a specific path (e.g., Solution 3: Verify the File Path and Directory
To match the folder regardless of where it sits in the directory tree, add a leading wildcard: unzip archive.zip '*/stage components/*' Use code with caution. 4. Extracting Without the Directory Structure
The unzip command is designed to extract files from a .zip archive. When you use a command like unzip archive.zip *.txt , you are asking unzip to look inside archive.zip and extract only files ending in .txt .