This error serves as a perfect case study in the friction between human intent and computer logic. It highlights the nuances of how command-line shells handle wildcards, the structure of file archives, and the importance of precise file management.
To extract just the directory structure: This error serves as a perfect case study
The primary technical reason for this error is a conflict between how your terminal (shell) and the unzip utility handle special characters. If you only want to extract a folder
If you only want to extract a folder named components located inside a stage directory within the zip file: unzip archive.zip "stage/components/*" -d ./destination Use code with caution. 3. Case Sensitivity the structure of file archives
sudo dtruss unzip archive.zip "stage/*" 2>&1 | grep -i "open"
This reveals exactly what filenames unzip is looking for inside the ZIP's central directory.