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How to add file inside folder of a zip
How do I add a file/folder in a zip file that isn't in the root folder? For example in
test.zip\parent test folder\folder1
and I want to add test1.txt inside the \folder1 of the zip file?
I am using ...
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Create multiple compressed folders in Linux
I need using 7zip for create multiple compressed folders in Linux. Same case as here (But this guide is only for Windows): https://www.wikihow.com/Use-7Zip-to-Create-Multiple-Compressed-Folders-in-One-...
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How to join splitted files from Linux on Windows
So i splitted up a huge file from my Ubuntu Machine (via the split command) into 2GB Chunks so i can download them easier.
Now i have them laying on my Network Share and i can't seem to figure out, ...
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How do you prevent lynx from unzipping files?
Lynx has this bizarre behaviour where it (randomly!) decides that a file is a zip file, and then automatically unzips it. This is extremely frustrating: it means it's no longer acting as a web browser ...
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Zip file corrupted after SSH file transfer
I'm trying to zip up some files on my Windows laptop, then transfer them to my Ubuntu server, and unzip them there, but I always get an error while unzipping the archive telling me that the archive is ...
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Can't install zip on ubuntu
I'm trying to install the zip package on my ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS server, but when I run the command apt-get install zip I get the following output
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-...
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While trying to see the content of a zipped file, I only get information about the zipping process
In Ubuntu, installed on Windows Subsystem for Linux, I want to see the content of a zip file, using gzip --list.
I expected to see a list of included files like this:
FileName ratio
File1 ...
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ubuntu: How to zip a directory in ubuntu by excluding some subdirectories from command line
Added from SO as off topic, however there is no answer in here
I want to zip a directory by excluding some unwanted subdirectories. I have tried :
zip -r test.zip * -x 'test1/' 'test2/'
and
zip -r ...
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How do I update a Web software package from a ZIP file from the command line?
I have a Web software package installed on my Linux server. I've downloaded an update in a ZIP file, and I want to overwrite only what's changed. (For example, all the core files should be replaced, ...
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Zip only contents of directory using absolute path
A lot of solutions to zipping the contents of a folder, Excluding the folder, look like this:
zip -r contents.zip *
But I need to do this WITHOUT cd'ing into the directory, I want to use an absolute ...
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Unziping multiple ziped and rename automatically files with same name if needed
I have a bunch of Ziped files in a folder, and i would like to unzip all, ut automatically rename folders or files with the same name, example:
In ZIP_folder_1.zip and ZIP_folder_2.zip i have one ...
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How to unzip multiple ziped files and rename automatically if needed
I have a bunch of Ziped files in a folder, and i would like to unzip all with:
unzip ZIP/*.zip
But automatically rename folders or files with the same name, example:
In ZIP_folder_1.zip and ...
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Check if zip file is damaged [duplicate]
How can I check whether a zip file is damaged?
I know that with zip -F input.zip --out output.zip I can fix the file.
But I could not find an option that only checks the file CRC.
I'm using Ubuntu 12....
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Merging 2 zip files
I have 2 zip files:
file1.zip
file2.zip
I want to compare the two zip files and then only extract the files missing in file2.zip (directory structure intact) so that I can merge them in.
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How do I unzip a file with PPMd compression: I have the error "PPMd method not supported"
Ubuntu/Windows 7 user here,
I have a zip file that I am trying to extract. In windows I get an error. In Ubuntu, the archive manager I get a "PPMd method is not supported"
I read about 'e', a ...
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Unzipping archives, preserving folder hierarchy
I've got a problem and am not sure what it is, but hope someone can help me think this through because this has me stumped.
Backstory:
I wrote a Java app (Android) that unzips some zip files ...
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How to zip folder and upload to Dropbox?
I would like to zip a folder and upload to my dropbox from Ubuntu shell.
I intend to use this as a backup solution, so it would also be nice to run everyday and replace the older file..
If dropbox ...
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How to update one file located in a zip subdirectory?
I have a zip archive that contains several folders and I need to update one specific file within such a folder.
How can I update the file with a command line? I have already tried
7z u my.zip ./...
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versatile unzip utility
Is there a compression utility that will allow extracting a file while skipping the first (container) directory.
My purpose is to create an automated install script that will download a specific .zip,...
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Include empty directories in zip file with Linux
I'm trying to zip a directory a linux using the following command:
zip -r file.zip .
This works, but it isn't include the empty directories that I want to be included in the zip file. How can I get ...
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In Ubuntu, how to copy all contents of a folder to another folder?
I want to copy the contents of an unzipped folder, wordpress/, to another existing folder.
I tried
cp -R wordpress/*.* /my/folder
but the sub-folders in wordpress/ didn't get copied over.
Why not?
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Winzip Legacy Format in Ubuntu?
I have a script that uses the ZIP command in linux (Ubuntu), and changes the name to make it executable for a certain program.
Now I realized the reason this program was not unzipping and installing ...
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Want to zip up folder with 20K images to upload, how to breakup zips and then unzip?
I have a folder with about 1 gig worth of images I have to upload to a server.
I want to zip/tar them up, preferably into multiple files that I can upload to my ubuntu server.
Then I want to unzip/...
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File was deleted and then reappeared when folder was zipped
I am using Backtrack 4 Final, which is a Linux distro that is Ubuntu based. I had a directory that contained around 5 files. I deleted one of the files, which sent it to the trash. I then zipped the ...
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