- Osx Zip Command Line Recursive
- Osx Zip Command Line
- Linux Zip Command Line
- Mac Extract Zip Command Line
The one thing that trips me up time and again when using the command line in Terminal or other terminal emulator is being able to navigate the directory structure and target files or folders. After struggling getting the correct file or folder path I’m usually greeted with No such file or directory reminding me that the command line doesn’t like spaces in file and folder paths.
With that in mind here are a few ways to enter file and folder paths on the command line.
You’ve specified two different command options for “zip” in your command line/terminal section. The latter is likely more what is wanted, but it might not be! PLEASE clean up your writing so the options are described properly, so the reader can choose the correct command line. Unzip several files by listing them all sequentially—e.g., unzip first.zip second.zip third.zip—or by using a wildcard, e.g., unzip.zip. Alternatively, use the graphical user interface for your desktop environment to extract zip files. In this how-to I'll show you how to launch an OS X app from the command line with the open command. Note: A little bit of prior UNIX experience will be helpful here. First off, I will admit this. Home / Mac / Entering File and Folder Paths on the macOS Command Line The one thing that trips me up time and again when using the command line in Terminal or other terminal emulator is being able to navigate the directory structure and target files or folders. The built in zip and unzip tools that come with Mac OS X only support the weaker WinZip/PKZip encryption process. Regular Zip Archives. To create a zip archive file from the command line is pretty straight forward. Lets say you have a file called resume.txt and you would like to wrap it up in a zip archive, the command would be.
I’m going to change the current directory to /Users/steve/Library/Application Support using the cd command.
The first method is to enclose the full path in single quotes…:
…or double quotes:
Osx Zip Command Line Recursive
The second is to escape any space with a backslash . The backslash should be placed immediately before each space:
If the file or folder exists in the current user’s home folder we can use ~/ as shorthand to denote the user’s home folder:
Osx Zip Command Line
If we want to use single or double quotes, the opening quote must come after the ~/ shorthand:
Linux Zip Command Line
The one I tend to use most is to first type the command at the command line with a trailing space. Then locate the file or folder in the Finder and drag it to the open Terminal window:
Dragging an item from the Finder to a Terminal window
The full path is copied at the Terminal window’s current cursor position:
Mac Extract Zip Command Line
Terminal window showing the full path of the Finder item