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brew install unzip v6.0_8 Info-ZIP keg-only

Command-line utility to extract files from ZIP archives.

Why you might care

macOS includes an older unzip, but this formula provides the full-featured Info-ZIP version with better compatibility and bug fixes. Useful for shell scripts and automation that need reliable ZIP extraction without relying on system defaults.

Categories

Alternatives

bsdtar 7z zipinfo
47.0k
30-day installs · #138
197.2k
90-day · #102
654.5k
365-day · #104

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Keg-only reason

:provided_by_macos

Blurb generated by claude-haiku-4-5 on today.

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