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Its a common problem that, when unzipping (read: 'open by double-click'), some.zip files result in a similar sized.cpgz file. But you expected an unzipped file or folder instead. The default unzip program in OS X is '/System/Library/CoreServices/Archive Utility.app' When you try to unzip it in the Terminal ( /usr/bin/unzip) you see the following: $ unzip SE.zip Archive: SE.zip warning [SE.zip]: zipfile claims to be last disk of a multi-part archive; attempting to process anyway, assuming all parts have been concatenated together in order.

Expect 'errors' and warnings.true multi-part support doesn't exist yet (coming soon). Error [SE.zip]: missing bytes in zipfile (attempting to process anyway) error [SE.zip]: attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile (please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly) I have Mavericks 10.9.5 running, and a unzip -v learns us we are on version 5.52: $ unzip -v UnZip 5.52 of 28 February 2005, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Send bug reports using see README for details. The funny thing is, the same 'corrupt' zip file extracts fine on my CentOS system. There is no error and the file seems fine.

My CentOS system runs unzip version 6.00: $ unzip -v UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Info-ZIP. Maintained by C. Send bug reports using see README for details. My question: How can I update my version of unzip to version 6.00 or higher? And affiliated question: Will my new version of OS X unzip also have affect on the default unzip 'Archive Utility.app'? I prefer the use of a package manager like brew above compiling from source. Brew install unzip results in: Error: No available formula for unzip.

Using Homebrew (as requested): $ brew tap homebrew/dupes $ brew install unzip This will install unzip at (considering defaults) /usr/local/Cellar/unzip/6.0/bin/unzip You can then alias it as unzip6 somewhere in your path. Also, you may want to to try from the app store. Much more useful IMO then Apple's Archive Utility. UPDATE dupes has been deprecated in Homebrew, so brew tap homebrew/dupes is no longer necessary.

All you need now (assuming Homebrew is installed) is: brew install unzip Then you can add a link to /usr/local/bin with: ln -s /usr/local/opt/unzip/bin/unzip /usr/local/bin/unzip6 Now the system unzip should work with unzip and Version 6 will work with unzip6. @EJMak Using The Unarchiver app may be your best bet.

When Homebrew installs something already part of MacOS (i.e. Unzip), it will not link it so it is easily useable. In the case of unzip Homebrew will install it to /usr/local/opt/unzip/bin/unzip. To create an alias or a link you use the following command (from the command line (terminal.app)) ln -s /usr/local/opt/unzip/bin/unzip /usr/local/bin/unzip6. Assuming /usr/local/bin is in your path, you can use unzip6 from the command line to use this, or unzip to use the Mac default. – Feb 13 '18 at 16:59.

Hey Terminal, the wonder app, can do pretty much anything. This post is going to show you how you can unzip files using Terminal. I will also show you how you can can combine commands to download and unzip files really quickly. Good internet browsers for mac.

Its really simple to complete. You may want to use Terminal since you can access extra options which you may normally be hidden away from you. The first step is to open Terminal.

Use the “cd” command to change the directory to the location where you want to unzip the zip file. For example you can use: cd./Desktop The next step is to invoke the unzip command. Type the following into Terminal. This assumes you have a zip file ready to unzip. Unzip file.zip This will unzip you file into you desktop location. If you want to change this location you can type the following. Unzip file.zip -d ~/another/folder You can also remove all of the text that Terminal will output when you run the command by adding a modifier/option to the front of the syntax.