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Thanks for the share, I still find it hilarious how Python is by default installed on most distros, I was working on some compression tools and by default the o

Thanks for the share, I still find it hilarious how Python is by default installed on most distros, I was working on some compression tools and by default the os didn't come with the ability zip/unzip toolsets, but the python standard library zipfile did. https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html

codetrotter 3y ago
> by default the os didn't come with the ability zip/unzip Some versions of tar are able to extract zip files. Try tar xf somefile.zip It might or might not work with the version in your OS
BerislavLopac 3y ago
You don't even have to write a custom script around the library: python -m zipfile -e monty.zip target-dir/ https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html#command-line-interface https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html#command-line-...