Unzip a directory insed .zip file

[poki79]

hi guys,

i am trying to unzip only 1 directory in my .zip file, the reason is that i don't have enough space to unzip all the contents of .zip file.

and i am trying to do it with unzip command..


anybody knows how to do it?

read man pages.. didn't find any flag that might help..

thank you all in advance

[Rubberman]

What is the format of the unzip'd volume? Is is a tar archive, or what?

[poki79]

as i stated it is a .zip file, with a .zip extension, it is about 2G so no space for unzipping all of it..

[clowenstein]

as i stated it is a .zip file, with a .zip extension, it is about 2G so no space for unzipping all of it..

First of course see what is present in the .zip file
$ unzip -l file.zip

Then select and extract part of it
$ unzip file.zip "part/you/want/*" -d /where/to/put/it

[Mudgen]

You can use a gui archive manager like File Roller (aka "Archive Manager" in the Gnome Applications menu in Fedora), for instance. You'll be able to select the folder and unzip it.

Or use a wildcard file spec with the unzip command, e.g.
mkdir directory
cd directory
unzip ../zipfile.zip directory/*

That will unzip the directory and all files and subdirectories. Dunno why unzip won't accept just the directory name and unzip it.