7z handles wildcards differently and may avoid the error.
unzip baeldung_archive-\*.zip
unzip archive.zip 'stage/*' # or unzip archive.zip stage/\*
Wrap the Path in Single QuotesThis is the most common and reliable fix. Single quotes tell the shell to treat the string exactly as written.unzip archive.zip 'stage/components/*' 7z handles wildcards differently and may avoid the error
Single quotes tell the shell to treat everything inside them as a literal string. This passes the wildcard directly to unzip , which safely reads the archive contents. unzip 'stage*.zip' Use code with caution. unzip archive.zip 'components/*' Use code with caution. 2. Wrap the Argument in Double Quotes
echo unzip archive.zip stage components
unzip: cannot find any matches for wildcard specification 'stage/components/*' This passes the wildcard directly to unzip ,
Moving from Bash to Zsh: Zsh is more sensitive to "no matches found" errors. If you recently switched to a Mac (which uses Zsh by default), commands that used to work in Bash might now require quotes. Summary Tips Always quote wildcards when using unzip. Verify your file paths with unzip -l.
| Approach | Command | When to use | |----------|---------|--------------| | | unzip archive.zip stage/components/* | Only if local directory stage/components/ exists (not typical). | | Quoted with trailing slash | unzip archive.zip "stage/components/*" | Correct if stage/components/ is exactly the directory inside zip. | | Extract all and filter | unzip archive.zip -d temp/ && cp temp/stage/components/* ./ | Works always, less elegant. | | Use --wildcards (some unzip versions) | unzip -qq archive.zip --wildcards "stage/components/*" | Older unzip (e.g., Info‑ZIP) requires this flag. | | Match without directory prefix | unzip archive.zip "*/components/*" | If root directory name varies. |
A. Simple correct usage when archive files match pattern Info‑ZIP) requires this flag.
$ unzip *.zip
Linux file systems are strictly case-sensitive. If your deployment pipeline generates a file named Stage-Components.ZIP and your script looks for stage-components-*.zip , the wildcard specification will fail. Ensure the casing matches exactly.
The unzip -l command lists all files in the archive without extracting them. This is crucial when you encounter errors while attempting to extract specific members from a zip file, rather than when specifying the zip file itself.