How to zip a file using cmd line?
You can use the following command:
zip -r nameoffile.zip directory
Hope this helps.
Yes, we can zip and unzip the file/folder using cmd. See the below command and simply you can copy past in cmd and change the directory and file name
To Zip/Compress Filepowershell Compress-Archive D:\Build\FolderName D:\Build\FolderName.zip
To Unzip/Expand Filepowershell expand-archive D:\Build\FileName.zip D:\deployments\FileName
If you are using Ubuntu Linux:
Install
zip
sudo apt-get install zip
Zip your folder:
zip -r {filename.zip} {foldername}
If you are using Microsoft Windows:
Windows does not come with a command-line zip program, despite Windows Explorer natively supporting Zip files since the Plus! pack for Windows 98.
I recommend the open-source 7-Zip utility which includes a command-line executable and supports many different archive file types, especially its own *.7z
format which offers superior compression ratios to traditional (PKZIP) *.zip
files:
Download 7-Zip from the 7-Zip home page
Add the path to
7z.exe
to yourPATH
environment variable. See this QA: How to set the path and environment variables in WindowsOpen a new command-prompt window and use this command to create a PKZIP
*.zip
file:7z a -tzip {yourfile.zip} {yourfolder}
Cross-platform Java:
If you have the Java JDK installed then you can use the jar
utility to create Zip files, as *.jar
files are essentially just renamed *.zip
(PKZIP) files:
jar -cfM {yourfile.zip} {yourfolder}
Explanation: * -c compress * -f specify filename * -M do not include a MANIFEST file