How to unzip password protected .zip file using Terminal?

I need to unzip a .zip file which is password protected using Terminal

I am able to unzip the .zip file (if it is not password protected) using this command

unzip /Users/vikas/Desktop/as.zip -d /Users/vikas/Desktop/new\ folder

Note: I need to pass the password in the command. I know when it asks for the password, but my scenario is different as I have to pass the password in the command itself (e.g. -p "my password" in Linux).

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Use the -P password argument to pass the password to unzip:

unzip -P password /Users/vikas/Desktop/as.zip -d /Users/vikas/Desktop/new\ folder

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In case of AES encryption unzip won't work. In such case 7z do the trick perfectly:

7z x <archive_name>

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you can use "Unarchiver" for it, works perfect.

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Sometime, unzip command doesn't work for me, so replace unzip with ditto will solve issue:

ditto -V -x -k --password --sequesterRsrc --rsrc FILENAME.ZIP DESTINATIONDIRECTORY