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Hint: Always put the zip file inside a new folder before unzip

# zip a file
zip <FILE>.zip <FILE>

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# zip a folder
zip -r <FOLDER>.zip <FOLDER>/

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# zip a symlink (not the destination file)
zip --symlinks file.zip <SYMLINK>

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# List files without unzip
unzip -l <FILE>

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# unzip
unzip <FILE>

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# zip (Windows)
Compress-Archive -Path "<FILE_PATH>" -DestinationPath "<DEST_PATH>"

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# zip a folder (Windows)
Add-Type -Assembly System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory('<FILE_PATH>', '<DEST_PATH>')

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# unzip (Windows)
Expand-Archive -Path "<FILE_PATH>" -DestinationPath "<DEST_PATH>" -Force

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# unzip (Windows)
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('<FILE_PATH>', 'C:\ProgramData\')

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# Compress a file
tar -cvzf <FILE>.tar.gz <FILE>

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# Compress a folder
tar -cvzf <FOLDER>.tar.gz <FOLDER>/

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# Extract
tar -xvzf <FILE>

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# Extract filter with wildcard (e.g. .txt)
tar -xvzf <FILE> --wildcards '*.txt'

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# List files without extract
tar -tf <FILE>

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# Extract
tar -xvf <FILE>

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# Extract filter with wildcard (e.g. .txt)
tar -xvf <FILE> --wildcards '*.txt'

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# Compress file, and keep the original file
gzip -k -r <FILE>

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# Compress all files individually inside a folder, and keep original files
gzip -k -r <FOLDER>/

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# Extract
gunzip <FILE>

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Note: If you want to zip the entire folder, use tar instead

# Extract
unrar e <FILE>

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# Install
sudo apt install p7zip-full

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# Extract
7z x <FILE>

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# Show meta data
7z l -slt <FILE>

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# Extract and keep original files
bunzip2 -k <FILE>

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