#can't unzip zip files

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lunar nymph
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hi i tried a manually extracting a subtitle zip file from thunar file manager; using a few commands in terminal ai provided before coming here but neither worked and just checked, the os is up to date edit: i'm in a xfce session (not sure if that changes anything) as i had it setup a long time ago and only use this old laptop to watch movies with family

minor hare
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Can you provide the zip file?

lunar nymph
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i was also reading a forum with op having same issue and someone recommended peazip which worked fine for them, would you recommend i proceed?

minor hare
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Ok, so what do you do and what error you get?

lunar nymph
minor hare
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ok

lunar nymph
# minor hare ok

so first zip worked which wasn't before but subs were out of sync with movie so tried 2nd zip and no luck, i extract here>error occured while extracting files but it does give me to what seems like a paper with subs written on it in the form of .srt it's just unusable as subtitles

minor hare
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Can you screenshot the error?

lunar nymph
minor hare
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you should have a screenshot app in there

lunar nymph
minor hare
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hmm.... as a test go to the terminal and type

unzip Downloads/SUBDL.com__subtitles_the-departed_arabic_72677.zip

what does it say?

lunar nymph
minor hare
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Make sure the filename is correct, use tab key to autocomplete file names. For example Down <press tab here> SUBD <press tab here>

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Or just copy paste the command from discord

lunar nymph
minor hare
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Can you screenshot the terminal window then? Including the command you typed

lunar nymph
minor hare
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right, ok... let's try like this then

unzip ~/Downloads/SUBDL.com__subtitles_the-departed_arabic_72677.zip

lunar nymph
minor hare
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press y

lunar nymph
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i typed y

lunar nymph
minor hare
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Seems like it extracted fine

lunar nymph
# minor hare Seems like it extracted fine

i pasted the command twice cause initally there was an extracted file but thought it could be the one from the time i tried extract here and said it worked, so deleted that>pasted command again>pressed y>inflating: the departed.srt but this time it doesn't show in thunar

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also i think we're trying to extract the first zip (the sub file out of sync with movie) instead of 2nd zip which is yet to be extracted

minor hare
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Check your downloads folder, since it extracts in the same folder

lunar nymph
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oh maybe it got extracted to somewhere else this time, not downloads?

lunar nymph
minor hare
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Screenshot your Downloads folder please

lunar nymph
turbid pulsar
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sort by modified date, newest at top

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and also check your Desktop folder since you were last logged there when u ran the explicit command

lunar nymph
turbid pulsar
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yeah always be aware of where your working prompt is at in the terminal

lunar nymph
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what about the 2nd zip which doesn't extract as normal and any other zips i might download later on

turbid pulsar
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delete any existing folders that may be there with the same name as it

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then run the command appropriately for your other file

minor hare
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Oh I get it, it extracts the archive to the folder you're currently in, which is desktop

turbid pulsar
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or maybe it's a password-protected zip or a rar file pretending to be a zip

lunar nymph
turbid pulsar
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Archive Manager should work

lunar nymph
turbid pulsar
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just open Archive Manager and navigate to "Open" an archive from it

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and point it to that troublesome file. see if it shows the packed contents

lunar nymph
turbid pulsar
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get the file from somewhere else

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this one may be corrupt

lunar nymph
turbid pulsar
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no

minor hare
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Funny thing is it works fine on my end, I'm on cinnamon though, but that shouldn't matter

turbid pulsar
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just send them the text or srt then

minor hare
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They already extracted it through terminal though