I'll type into Terminal the following command line: For this example I'll place the zip archive in my home folder, then I'll rename the archive to broke.zip, so there are no spaces in the name. If you place the zip archive in your home folder, you can omit the path, as the home folder is the default place Terminal will look for the file. Going by the guide at top we can see that we need to first type zip, then the option we want to preform from the list, then the path to the file. The one we're interested in is -F fix zipfile (-FF try harder). Right Above The List Of Zip File Commands Is An Example Of How To Create A Terminal Command Targeting An Archive At the top, right below the copyright information, you will see a sort of command line formula for entering in actions, and right below that you will see all the options that can be preformed. If you type into Terminal the word zip and hit return, you will be presented with a text based menu of Terminal commands that can be used when making changes to zip files.

If you open up terminal, in addition to making single line command changes, you can also use Terminal to make changes to files and folders. I finally accepted that the archive was gone, and with it my project files and all my hopes and dreams of being a musician but then my friend chimed in and suggested I try using Terminals zip commands. I tried to extract the archive using a few other Apps without success. All was well until I saw an error saying Archive Utility could not extract the archive. I had a friend over and I wanted to show him how I achieved some of the sounds in the song, so I clicked to unzip the archive using OS X's built in Archive Utility.

To demonstrate, I have a zip archive of all the Logic Pro project files of a production I recently finished. How to Repair Damaged Zip Files With Terminal

Mac terminal commands to repair