Unzip without path

Question

I would expect the following command to extract the contents of the top directory in the zip file to the destination directory:

unzip file.zip topdir/\* -d destdir

However, what I get is destdir/topdir. What I am looking for is an unzip command similar to

cp -r topdir/* destdir

How do I extract the contents without the topdir path?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '11 at 19:11

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Try the -j option. From the man page:

-j junk paths. The archive's directory structure is not recreated; all files are deposited in the extraction directory (by default, the current one).

answered Dec 01 '11 at 19:11

xofer

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Thanks for the input. However, as I want to retain the subdirectories of `topdir` the `-j` option will not work. – August Karlstrom Dec 01 '11 at 20:16
The junk option is exactly what I was looking for, thanks! – le3th4x0rbot Apr 16 '20 at 01:42

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