nathan@warthog:~/test2/extract$ ls somefile.zip nathan@warthog:~/test2/extract$ perl -e ' $filename = "somefile.zip"; $dest_dir = "/home/nathan/test2/extract"; use Archive::Zip; my $zip = Archive::Zip->new(); local $Archive::Zip::UNICODE = 1; unless ( $zip->read($filename) == AZ_OK ) { die "Error Reading Zip File !"; } foreach my $m ($zip->members()) { print "Member $m:\n "; my $err = $zip->extractMemberWithoutPaths( $m, "$dest_dir/" . $m->fileName); print "Error: $err" if $err; print $/; }' Member Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember=HASH(0xdfdd30): Member Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember=HASH(0xdfe2b8): Member Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember=HASH(0xdfe5a0): Member Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember=HASH(0xdfe888): Member Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember=HASH(0xdfeb98): Member Archive::Zip::ZipFileMember=HASH(0xdfee80): nathan@warthog:~/test2/extract$ ls 한국어 somefile.zip ગુજરાતી ಕನ್ನಡ বাংলা 中文 日本語 nathan@warthog:~/test2/extract$