Extract files inside folder in ZIP archive to current folder

can I extract files from a specific folder inside a zip archive to a current folder?

I tried to use

unzip archive.zip folder/* 

But I got folder "folder" in my current directory. How can I extract files in "folder" to current directory?

2 Answers

According to the answers here you can do it with single quotes ' around the folder you want to extract. Use -j for junk paths which means the archive's directory structure is not recreated. Use -d to specify what folder you want it extracted to. Below is shown extracting a folder with 1992 in the folder name from an archive that has multiple folders contained with in by running this line:

unzip -j archive.zip 'folder/to/extract/*' -d 'where/to/extract/to/'

Example:

terrance@terrance-ubuntu:/media/500GB$ unzip -l Holiday\ Lemmings\ Pack
Archive: Holiday Lemmings Pack.zip Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ---- 0 2004-10-07 23:39 Holiday Lemmings 1993/ 3597 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/ADLIB.DAT 252 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/GREET.DAT 1056 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/GROUND1O.DAT 1056 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/GROUND2O.DAT 16157 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/INSTALL.EXE 3143 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/LEVEL000.DAT 2868 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/LEVEL001.DAT 3033 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/LEVEL002.DAT 5654 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/LEVEL003.DAT 59775 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/MAIN.DAT 3560 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/TANDYSND.DAT 25902 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/VGAGR1.DAT 33123 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/VGAGR2.DAT 31520 1993-11-11 11:11 Holiday Lemmings 1993/VGALEMMI.EXE 0 2004-10-07 23:39 Holiday Lemmings 1994/ 6894 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/ADLIB.DAT 438 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/GREET.DAT 1056 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/GROUND1O.DAT 1056 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/GROUND2O.DAT 38 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEMMINGS.BAT 2432 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL000.DAT 2633 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL001.DAT 3433 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL002.DAT 3401 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL003.DAT 3143 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL004.DAT 2868 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL005.DAT 3033 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL006.DAT 5654 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/LEVEL007.DAT 58577 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/MAIN.DAT 5470 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/TANDYSND.DAT 25902 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/VGAGR1.DAT 33123 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/VGAGR2.DAT 31610 1995-07-04 14:20 Holiday Lemmings 1994/VGALEMMI.EXE 0 2004-10-07 23:39 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/ 3597 1991-12-03 14:19 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/ADLIB.DAT 8164 1991-12-07 14:47 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/CLOSING.EXE 1056 1991-11-11 16:13 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/GROUND0O.DAT 1056 1991-12-03 10:08 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/GROUND2O.DAT 11057 1991-12-03 14:51 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/INSTALL.EXE 756 1991-11-14 09:26 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/LEMMINGS.BAT 2552 1991-12-03 17:40 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/LEVEL000.DAT 59992 1991-12-03 15:24 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/MAIN.DAT 8602 1991-12-07 14:45 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/OPENING.EXE 3560 1991-12-03 14:25 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/TANDYSND.DAT 28701 1991-12-03 17:44 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/TGAL.EXE 74 1991-12-05 18:16 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/TGALEMMI.BAT 15981 1991-12-03 10:26 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/TGAMAIN.DAT 17957 1991-11-29 11:43 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/VGAGR0.DAT 33123 1991-11-29 11:44 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/VGAGR2.DAT 30469 1991-12-03 17:44 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/VGAL.EXE 74 1991-12-05 18:16 X-Mas Lemmings 1991/VGALEMMI.BAT 0 2004-10-07 23:39 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/ 3597 1991-12-03 14:19 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/ADLIB.DAT 10126 1992-11-30 11:31 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/CLOSING.EXE 1056 1991-12-03 10:08 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/GROUND2O.DAT 28 1992-10-29 15:04 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/HELP.BAT 492 1991-07-24 14:00 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/INSTALL.BAT 763 1992-10-29 15:03 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/LEMMINGS.BAT 2201 1992-11-25 11:55 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/LEVEL000.DAT 59992 1991-12-03 15:24 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/MAIN.DAT 16153 1991-12-03 14:51 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/MENU.EXE 8733 1992-11-30 11:29 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/OPENING.EXE 3560 1991-12-03 14:25 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/TANDYSND.DAT 33123 1991-11-29 11:44 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/VGAGR2.DAT 30469 1991-12-03 17:44 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/VGAL.EXE 77 1992-11-30 11:36 X-Mas Lemmings 1992/VGALEMMI.BAT
--------- ------- 778598 67 files

All I want to extract is the folder with 1992 in the name to a folder named 1992/:

terrance@terrance-ubuntu:/media/500GB$ unzip -j Holiday\ Lemmings\ Pack.zip '*1992/*' -d '1992/'
Archive: Holiday Lemmings Pack.zip inflating: 1992/ADLIB.DAT inflating: 1992/CLOSING.EXE inflating: 1992/GROUND2O.DAT extracting: 1992/HELP.BAT inflating: 1992/INSTALL.BAT inflating: 1992/LEMMINGS.BAT inflating: 1992/LEVEL000.DAT inflating: 1992/MAIN.DAT inflating: 1992/MENU.EXE inflating: 1992/OPENING.EXE inflating: 1992/TANDYSND.DAT inflating: 1992/VGAGR2.DAT inflating: 1992/VGAL.EXE inflating: 1992/VGALEMMI.BAT
terrance@terrance-ubuntu:/media/500GB$ cd 1992/
terrance@terrance-ubuntu:/media/500GB/1992$ ls
ADLIB.DAT HELP.BAT LEVEL000.DAT OPENING.EXE VGALEMMI.BAT
CLOSING.EXE INSTALL.BAT MAIN.DAT TANDYSND.DAT VGAL.EXE
GROUND2O.DAT LEMMINGS.BAT MENU.EXE VGAGR2.DAT

You can do it by

unzip archive.zip folder/*; mv folder/* .;rm -r folder

I don't think there is an option in unzip to do it directly.

To make it shorter

f=folder; unzip archive.zip $f; mv $f .;rm -r $f

Or as a script

#!/bin/sh
unzip $1 $2
mv $2 .
rm -r $2

Run as script.sh archive.zip folder.