Zip

This page was last updated on July 18, 2009.

Table of Contents

• Zip a file or folder
• Test a zip file with zip
• Test a zip file with unzip
• Test all zip files in current directory with zip
• Test all zip files in current directory with unzip
• Unzip a file
• Unzip all files in current directory
• Obligatory Happy Ending

Zip a file or folder

• Syntax:

zip -rT destinationfilename /sourcefileorfolder

• Example:

zip -rT zipme.zip /home/username/Desktop/zipme

Test a zip file with zip

• Syntax:

zip -T filename.zip

• Example:

zip -T test1.zip

• Result:

test of test1.zip OK

Test a zip file with unzip

• Syntax:

unzip -tq filename.zip

• Example:

unzip -tq test1.zip 

• Result:

No errors detected in compressed data of test1.zip.

Test all zip files in current directory with zip

• Syntax:

zip -T *.zip

• Example:

zip -T *.zip

• Result:

updating: test2.zip (stored 0%)
test of test1.zip OK

Test all zip files in current directory with unzip

• Syntax:

unzip -tq \*.zip

• Example:

unzip -tq \*.zip 

• Result:

No errors detected in compressed data of test1.zip.
No errors detected in compressed data of test2.zip.

2 archives were successfully processed.

Unzip a file

unzip filename.zip

Unzip all files in current directory

find *.zip -exec unzip {} \;

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.