Cannot zip directory on Mac due to 'no such file' error

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Cannot zip directory on Mac due to 'no such file' error

Hello, I encountered a problem yesterday, I tried to zip a directory in order to send it to my friend through email, however, whenever I try to zip the directory, it tells me :

The file “TP réseau 1TSCIEL.docx” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file.

But when I did it on my other laptop, which is on Ubuntu, I didn't get this message and it worked just fine.

When I tried to look up 'TP réseau 1TSCIEL.docx' in my files, I couldn't find anything

here's the video showing my issue

MacBook Air, macOS 26.5

Posted on Jun 18, 2026 1:16 PM

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Answer 1

MrHoffman

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Jun 21, 2026 8:15 AM in response to etresoft

etresoft wrote:

MrHoffman wrote:

Rename the file to an ASCII-characters-only filename, with no accented characters and no spaces. Test again.

That might not be possible, or at least not easy. In situations like this, one would have to use a wildcard to rename the file, possibly erasing said file and/or other files that also match the wildcard.

As a first approximation, I’d try:

mv --interactive TP*.docx TP.docx

That’ll prompt for confirmation before any file overwrites happen, and the answer there would be n (no), don’t overwrite.

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Answer 2

Jun 21, 2026 8:29 AM in response to MrHoffman

unfortunately, and I forgot to mention, I cannot do anything with the file TP réseau 1TSCIEL.docx

while typing 'ls' lists the file, I'm unable to delete it, copy it, rename it, etc..

My only solution is to rename it on my other laptop or zip it on my other laptop ! I have no idea why it can list the file only

also, here's what mv --interactive TP*.docx TP.docx did :

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Answer 3

Jun 20, 2026 6:13 AM in response to Matti Haveri

hi, sorry for the late answer

I cannot copy the folder to the desktop as I get the same error :

and here're the overall info :

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Answer 4

Jun 21, 2026 2:13 AM in response to MrHoffman

this is what I get :

I made sure to hit TAB after typing 'TP' to avoid typos and it says that it apparently does not exist?

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Answer 5

MrHoffman

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Jun 21, 2026 8:46 AM in response to detectivemayo

I’ve got newer shell tools loaded. The built-in mv is old, and doesn’t understand the longer switches. Use -i:

mv -i TP*.docx TP.docx

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Answer 6

Jun 22, 2026 10:55 AM in response to MrHoffman

No, it's using FAT32

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