Recursive Unzip From Linux Shell?

Question

I have a file named 'mainZip.zip''

This file ('mainZip.zip'') contains two files:

'textFile.txt'

'secondaryZip.zip'

'secondaryZip.zip' file contains two files as well:

'apple.bin'

'cat.jpg'

Can you advise how to unzip 'cat.jpg' in one bash command? can this be done using 'unzip' only?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '11 at 04:43

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This works:

unzip mainZip.zip && unzip secondaryZip.zip

answered Feb 17 '11 at 04:43

Keith

True, but the example doesn't really indicate recursive. Truly recursive will require some more elaborate script. – Keith Feb 17 '11 at 07:58
Keith: thank you, yet this solution unzips both files, while I was interested to unzip just `'cat.jpg'` from file `'secondaryZip.zip'` – user3262424 Feb 17 '11 at 15:42

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '11 at 04:40

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Here is someone's answer to this exact question, using a custom script. It appears that Unix does not have a built-in recursive unzip option

answered Feb 17 '11 at 04:40

The Link doesn't seem to work anymore. Please explain solutions in the answer. – Alex Aug 09 '19 at 10:28
@Alex Indeed, my younger self should have done so. I'll try to recover the information then flesh out this answer. – Ken Wayne VanderLinde Aug 09 '19 at 17:45

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