How to correctly extract the files from rar archive that contains non-ASCII characters as folder name or filename on linux

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I used rar to list/extract the archive, but the non-ASCII characters became unreadable words.

The 7z could list the folder name/filename with readable characters, however 7z said the unsupported method error when extracting the rar archive.

RAR has no designated encoding for filenames. Have fun! runs away laughing maniacally
What a pity! Do you know any alternative software for a workaround?
Nope. You just have to find something that will extract the raw filenames and then mash on it with convmv.
rar recognizes the non-ASCII characters as weird words, even can't create them in the disk when trying to extract the archive.
I've never had problems with unrar and unknown encodings. Maybe try that instead.

Kane · Answer 1 · 2012-05-22 05:51:50Z

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Using unrar instead of rar.

This answer is from @Ignacio vazquez-Abrams.

answered May 22 at 5:51

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