PowerShell cmdlet of the Day : Compress-Archive

In the previous blog post we have seen how to extract a ZIP file.

But what about, how you can create a zip file by using PowerShell.

It's simple again, by using the Compress-Archive cmdlet.  The syntax of Compress-Archive cmdlet is simple, provide the -Path of the folder which you want to compress, then provide the      -DestinationPath of your .zip file and then set a -CompressionLevel, and after that hit enter.

Simple!

Compress-Archive -CompressionLevel Optimal -Path C:\temp\Data\

-DestinationPath C:\temp\aman.zip

 

In the the above command, I have set the -compressionLevel to Optimal , and then  provided the -path of my folder which I wan to zip and then the destination path of new zip file which in aman.zip. And hit enter, in the below screenshot you can see that it has started creating a zip file. 

 

 

In the below folder you can see, that our zip file is successfully created. Yayyy!!!!!

 

Thanks for the reading blog post.

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Aman Dhally

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PowerShell cmdlet of the Day : Expand-Archive

 

Yes, Yes, this was the most awaited cmdlet in the PowerShell world... Wow!! it's one of the coolest command ever exists for system admins.

Now , we can write scripts to unzip ZIP files, I mean, can write more efficient scripts to unzip files ( without using .net code).

Ok! let's be less dramatic.

If you want to unzip a zip file using PowerShell, then there is a cmdlet available for it, named Expand-Archive.

It's syntax  is simple, provide the path of .Zip file, then the path of Destination where you want to extract files. that's all!

Expand-Archive -Path C:\Users\aman.dhally\Desktop\PingData.zip

-DestinationPath C:\temp\Data\ -Force -Verbose

In the above command, we are unzipping the PindData.zip to the folder C:\temp\Data. The parameters are quite self-explanatory.

In the above screenshot you can see that the above command has run successfully and it' unzip the archived.

Now you can write script to unachieve your backups. :D

:)

With Regards.

Aman Dhally

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