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I have a zip file, sample.zip, which contains a PDF whose name is too long. I tried to unzip it in Ubuntu terminal through

unzip sample.zip

however, it shows an error that "File name too long". Is there a way to tackle this issue? For example, is there any way to rename the content of the zip file (which in this case is a PDF) without extracting it? If yes, then I may rename it and extract it later.

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  • Curiosity. The standard file systems I'm familiar all have a file name length limitation of 255 bytes. Where was the zip file created with the extra-long name? Commented May 25, 2022 at 19:20

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You can unzip the file to a pipe and redirect the output to a new file.

unzip -p sample.zip > new.pdf
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