Unzip Cannot Find Any Matches For Wildcard Specification Stage Components ❲TRUSTED · REPORT❳

In the specific case of stage_components , this error often arises in CI/CD pipelines (like Jenkins or GitHub Actions) or build scripts. If your build process zips up a directory structure and you try to pull out just the components later, the command: unzip build.zip stage_components/* ...will fail unless you have a folder named stage_components already sitting in your current directory. By wrapping the specification in quotes, unzip will successfully dive into build.zip , find the internal directory, and extract its contents.

using 7z (p7zip):

This error is highly common in DevOps environments when attempting to extract downloaded artifacts or build packages. Fortunately, it is easy to fix once you understand how the shell interprets special characters. The Root Cause: Shell Expansion vs. Unzip Syntax In the specific case of stage_components , this

unzip archive.zip -x '*.tmp'