PowerShell: Extract zip tar 7z lz
Here's how to decompress, unarchive, extract, zip, tar, 7z etc files.
unzip
# unzip to current dir Expand-Archive xyz.zip
# specify a output dir Expand-Archive xyz.zip ~/out/
- by default, it creates a parent folder to contain the archive.
- To not create a parent folder, use
-PassThru
example script:
# unzip all *.zip files to a dir named x dir -Recurse -Include "*.zip" | Expand-Archive -PassThru -DestinationPath x
untar, ungzip, gunzip
Windows 10 has BSD tar builtin, at
C:/Windows/system32/tar.exe
Extract 7z
You have to install 7z. ([ https://www.7-zip.org/ ])
# extract to full paths of items 7z x filename
Extract lzip (.lz)
You have to install lzip. At https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html
# extract .lz file lzip -d filename