Questions tagged [zip]
Questions about manipulating .zip files or zip archiving utilities.
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How do i extract an incomplete Zip file in command line
Please help me to extract a RIFF file in Ubuntu 18.04 command line.
I was in the process of creating a Zip file containing .avi, .mkv, and mp4 files but it was interrupted by a power outage.
The ...
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Bash code for searching a directory for folders or files and zipping
I'm trying to write code to search a directory and subdirectories for folders with suffix -objects and individually zip them. The zip file would need to be named after the folders being zipped, and ...
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Zipped files from Windows
Long story short: I made a backup zip file protected with password, from Windows 10 using WinRar. I tried to extract them on Ubuntu 20.04 using the GUI and the unzip command, but it keeps telling me ...
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Using unzipped files directly as input
Say I have a *.zip file, and want to use the unzipped files - more precisely the filenames - directly as input to another command in the terminal. How could this be accomplished?
An example:
- I ...
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Can't extract zip file Ubuntu 18.04
For example,I created a simple zip file (inside I have the sentence: hello world!) in desktop. I want to unzip it, but nothing happens. I also installed (zip unzip) with this command: sudo apt install ...
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creating zip without directory when unzip only files will come [closed]
I want to zip two file, I have try this
cd xyz
ls
a.php
b.php
zip -r zipped_dir.zip *
when i unzip zipped_dir then it give a folder
zipped_dir
-> a.php
-> b.php
but i don't want ...
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Zip archive name using on the first zipfile's name
I want to create the backup of the Wordpress website in a directory example.com. The output file should be in the following format:
YmDHM_example.com.zip
Using the current date and time, it would be:...
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Getting errors when I try to unzip splited zip files
OS version:
root@triiage_1:~/zip# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
zip version：
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./configure command completed with warning, configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
After running command of ./configure
sams@sams-desktop:~/Desktop/softwedge-1.0.0$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane......
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How to Zip all folder in folder with password and remove folder after zip done?
How to zip all folder in Zip All Folder to New folder1.zip, New.folder2.zip, New_folder3.zip, Newfolder4.zip with password and auto remove folder after zip done.
I have used this code:
for i in */; ...
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Using zip command to transfer Ubuntu folders with symbol links in them to Windows
First I used zip to archive folder(s) in Ubuntu. Then I used 7zip to extract those folders on Windows. There are symbolic links in the folder(s). I'm sure everything pointed by any symbolic link in ...
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Extract a specific pdf from a zip file with lots of pdfs
Given:
Name and Location of Zip-File. Example: collectionOfPdfFiles2017.zip
Zip File is a collection of PDFs without folder structure
Name of PDF File in Zip-File. Example: someFileFrom2017.pdf
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I have a zip file. I extracted it and modified some files. How do I list them?
Basically I'd like to do a diff and list binary-changed files recursively in the folder. I want to avoid cluttering the filesystem so I think this involves some piping.
I searched some examples but ...
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zip files command line [duplicate]
I need to forward a zip file to Yahoo Mail, but Yahoo is returning the email because of its size. The compressed file is 45 MB. How can I compress via the command line so that each file has a maximum ...
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Unzip directory only up to a certain point
Having looked at a few answer, for instance this one: Unzip specific directory without creating top directory
It's not what I'm looking for.
The situation is a zip with the following directories:
/...
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Linux unzip file from script without outputting the unzipped file names
I unzipped a file from a script with "unzip filename.zip" and in the terminal I see all the unzipped file names. I would like to unzip the file without printing those names so that I have a clean ...
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A file manager to open a zip file like opening a folder, instead of extract it by using a archive manager
I have a small disk space and I want to save every MB of it.
I need only to read zip files without any editing.
But reading it in a archive manager is unfriendly and lengthy, extracting zip file is ...
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Ubuntu extract zip package is flattened, sub-folders are missing
I zipped a folder in Windows. The folder contains files and sub-folders.
I copied and extracted the zipped file to two Ubuntu machines: Ubuntu-A and Ubuntu-B. (I extracted them exactly the same way.)
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Let zip read source file list from a file
For example,
zip -r output.zip file1 file2 file3
I need to put the file list "file1 file2 file3" into a text file "input_list.txt", then use the command like:
zip -r output.zip -input input_list....
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Automatic zipping and archival of older logs
As my disk space is less , i would need to zip and archive the logs in another directory which are older than 30 days.
Can someone please modify the below command to zip the 30 days older files and ...
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Can't unzip files from macOS on Samba share+Ubuntu 18.04
I have the downloads folder of my user profile in macOS symlinked to an SMB share on Ubuntu. I have VFS FRUIT enabled on the share level with:
[DOWNLOADS]
comment = User Download Files
path = /...
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How do I access files and directories in a zip file using bash script?
I want to be able to navigate to files located in a zip file from the terminal. I can access the files and directories on the graphical user interface, but I can't seem to use cd to get to them like I ...
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What is the best way to zip a folder, but ignore one subfolder? [duplicate]
I am a novice to ubuntu, I am using 18.04 through PuTTY.
I would like to use the zip command to zip an entire folder and all of its subfolders in the correct structure, except one subsubfolder. (full ...
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Unable to lock Zip file Ubuntu 18
I am trying to make a locked ZIP folder in Ubuntu 18.04. I followed this post, but it locked the files inside it and not the ZIP folder as a whole. I can open the ZIP folder without providing a ...
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How to split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles
Is there a way to split a ZIP archive into into smaller zipfiles, where you don't have to make them into one big zipfile to unpack the smaller zipfiles?
For example:
Split 25 GB file into 5 files of ...
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Package installation in Ubuntu [closed]
How shall I directly install a .zip package without actually unzipping it in Ubuntu 18.04?
I am trying to install m2tex.
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How compress rar with context menu nautilus
In Ubuntu 16.04 i right click folder and select compress type and split size
but in 18.04 compress menu not like before and choose type menu in gone
i install unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar rar ...
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php7.0-zip not installing the package
While composer install I'm getting error
magento/product-community-edition 2.1.10 requires ext-zip * -> the
requested PHP extension zip is missing from your system.
So I'm installing the zip ...
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How to zip specific files that are located in subdirectories
I have a directory that consists of many subdirectories, and each subdirectory contains different files such as:
Directory All contains subdirectories A, B, C, and D. Each subdirectory contains files ...
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'date' on a command issued before midnight but ending after midnight. Today or tomorrow date?
I will be launching today a zip command naming the new file with the current date (date+\%Y\-%m\-%d.zip).
The compression will probably end after midnight.
Do you think the zip will be named with ...
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php7.0-zip packages have unmet dependencies
i have a wordpress site that uses Duplicator plugin. In order for this plugin to work it needs php7.0-zip
[root@server1:~# apt-get -y install php7.0-zip
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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“Compress” option disappears from right click menu when I search for a file on Ubuntu 18.10
I'm searching through a folder to compress a file for sending, and I've noticed that if I Ctrl+F and type the file name, or just begin typing the file name, then the option to 'Compress...' the file ...
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Compressing folder without using additional space on the drive
I have an 18GB EC2 instance that has run out of space. I wanted to zip and transfer files off the server to a local drive. There is just about 1% free space remaining on it. This means that I cannot ...
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How to use fcrackzip on multiple cores?
By default fcrackzip uses only one core/thread. Is it possible to split the task on several processes?
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downloaded a file unzipped it and its a .15 file
i downloaded a file it was a .xz file so i unzipped it and the file name was Debian_for_stora3.18 it was not a folder it needs to be is there a way to convert it into a folder
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Split zip into smaller zip files
I need weekly to upload bunch of pdf file to grading platform, in the form of zip, but the website has limit of 250Mb per zip file, and it takes me too much time to split the zip I have into smaller ...
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Correct syntax of zipping all files and folder + hidden once, and exclude a single file
This is what i use at the moment but it doesnt include hidden files and folder.
zip -r "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/backup-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S").zip" /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/*...
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Shell commands or script to unzip, add text file and rezip
I have created 200 zip files for work, but I realized I forgot to add the .txt to each of them. Instead of spending hours redoing this work I'd appreciate any help.
Is there a way anyone knows using ...
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How can I get `zip` to use relative paths in a script?
Normally I use zip command with:
zip -r my_arch.zip my_folder
Now I am using zip in an bash script in this way:
#!/bin/bash
OUT=$1
NAME=$2
zip -r -q $OUT/$NAME $OUT/$NAME
I call the script ...
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ubuntu 14.04: How to compress a directory which have symlinks?
I have a php project of size 3.5GB in which there are symlinks of several files. I want to zip it and take backup to windows 10 PC from my ubuntu 14.04 laptop. Whenever, I make a zip file of it and ...
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zip files in all directories and subfolders without the folder itself
I need to recursively zip the individual files itself in the directory path and its sub folders without zipping the folders or directory. I also need to exclude certain file types (more then one).
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Finding all .ODTs, zipping them and bringing them to the desktop
I want to find all the .ODTs in my $HOME directory, zip them and bring the zip file to the desktop. By doing find -type f -iname "*.odt", I get:
./Programmierung/Hash bang.odt
./Schreibtisch/Alles/...
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Extract files inside folder in ZIP archive to current folder
can I extract files from a specific folder inside a zip archive
to a current folder?
I tried to use
unzip archive.zip folder/*
But I got folder "folder" in my current directory.
How can I ...
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Using zip with -T and --password at the same time.
I'm invoking this command from an application I write.
zip -rm9T --password pass123 /home/cats.zip /home/cats-data/
I'm setting a password to the archive and I'm specifying that the archive's ...
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Need help with: “file type Gzip archive is not supported”
I’ve downloaded the Ltc core wallet on Ubuntu 16.04, 32bit. When I try opening the folder, a message tells me ‘file type Gzip archive is not supported’. So I downloaded Xarchiver and tried again, with ...
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Create zip file with password protection in Ubuntu 18.04
When creating a zip file with password protection in Ubuntu 16.04, using the Nautilus context menu, I was asked for zip options like password protection.
Under Ubuntu 18.04 there seems to be no way ...
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zip created by archive manager is smaller than one created by zip on command line
I am creating a zip archive of one file, in 3 different ways:
zip -1 (least compression) --> 33.8kB
zip -9 (most compression) --> 32.3kB
archive manager (zip option) --> 26.1kB
Why is there such a ...
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Is there a way to hide files after compressed?
I've been trying to encrypt some data with 7za (don't even know if it's secure enough) but, even after encryption and compressing, it would be possible to check which files my compressed file contains....
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“unable to get password” when trying to unzip password-protected archive
In Total Commander in Windows I created a password-protected zip-archive.
I can't unzip files from it in Ubuntu 17.10 (neither in Files nor in Krusader).
Then I extracted all files in Windows, ...
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Is it possible to keep setgid bit when unzipping files as non-root user?
I have a folder with the following permissions:
drwxrws--x+ 13 myuser www-data 4096 Mar 20 09:57 project-folder
In this folder I have an archive archive.zip with the following permissions:
-...
