Have you tried with quotes around the name? This may be something to do with the shell rather than the program.
unrar e "archive name.rar" ** Changed in: unrar-nonfree (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584411 Title: cannot extract archives with spaces in the name To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unrar-nonfree/+bug/584411/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs