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How to unzip split files on OS X

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Mar 15, 2026164106 views
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Problem

How do I unzip a split zip file? In Terminal, I wrote: and it did not unzip this file. Terminal wrote: Double clicking of this file creating What can I do?

Error Output

$ unzip filename.zip
Archive:  filename.zip
warning [filename.zip]:  zipfile claims to be last disk of a multi-part archive;
  attempting to process anyway, assuming all parts have been concatenated
  together in order.  Expect "errors" and warnings...true multi-part support
  doesn't exist yet (co…

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This was the straight forward and only solution that worked for me on OS X (taken from here). 1. To create a split zip archive (a series of files named zip, z01, z02...), run following command in Terminal: 2. To extract a split zip archive (a series of files named zip, z01, z02...), run following command in Terminal: First, combine the split archive to a single archive: Extract the single archive using unzip:

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