I don't have a graphic tool like unzip or unrar on my computer, so when I want to decompress a file I've to use unzip/unrar tool from terminal, and I'm cool with that, I like it, but both has different argument and parameters so I never remember which is for, and don't mention arguments needed to decompress tar.gz files. So I decide to create a script that combine the three terminal tools to have a single interface to be used.
Is necessary mention that you must have installed the tools on your computer (unzip,unrar and xz); tar actually comes instaled on Mac and Linux. First two tools can be downloaded easily using requirments.sh file executing it as follow:
./requirments.sh -<os> #mac, debian, ubuntu, archRemember to give permitions to
requirements.shbefore to try to execute.
Execute dpress file. The script will detect file extension and use the tool with their arguments to work with in the current directory. To change default behavior, use one of these commands:
./dpress <command> <flag> <file.zip> <...>| Command | Description |
|---|---|
l |
List files in compressed file. It doesn't extract the files just list it |
e |
Extract files from compressed file |
c |
Create a compressed file, can be zip, rar,tar.gz or tar.xz file. It requires a second argument which is the source file |
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-d / -del |
Remove source file after extraction or compression |
-r / -re |
Extract files recursively |
Check
wikito see some examples to learn how to use it.
- For files with names separated with spaces, you must rename that file to
trimorstripits name , otherwise you will get an error. - For files with
xzextension you only must compress and decompress a dir with many files, doesn't work if you try to do with a single file.
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