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/usr/bin/ziptool

A C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives.

From libzip 1.12.1-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running ziptool -help (exit 0). permalink

usage: /usr/bin/ziptool [-ceghnrst] [-l len] [-o offset] archive command1 [args] [command2 [args] ...]

Supported options are:
	-c		check consistency
	-e		error if archive already exists (only useful with -n)
	-g		guess file name encoding (for stat)
	-h		display this usage
	-l len		only use len bytes of file
	-n		create archive if it doesn't exist
	-o offset	start reading file at offset
	-r		print raw file name encoding without translation (for stat)
	-s		follow file name convention strictly (for stat)
	-t		disregard current archive contents, if any

Supported commands and arguments are:
	add name content
	    add file called name using content

	add_dir name
	    add directory

	add_file name file_to_add offset len
	    add file to archive, len bytes starting from offset

	add_from_zip name archivename index offset len
	    add file from another archive, len bytes starting from offset

	cat index
	    output file contents to stdout

	cat_partial index start length
	    output partial file contents to stdout

	count_extra index flags
	    show number of extra fields for archive entry

	count_extra_by_id index extra_id flags
	    show number of extra fields of type extra_id for archive entry

	delete index
	    remove entry

	delete_extra index extra_idx flags
	    remove extra field

	delete_extra_by_id index extra_id extra_index flags
	    remove extra field of type extra_id

	get_archive_comment
	    show archive comment

	get_archive_flag flag
	    show archive flag

	get_extra index extra_index flags
	    show extra field

	get_extra_by_id index extra_id extra_index flags
	    show extra field of type extra_id

	get_file_comment index
	    get file comment

	get_num_entries flags
	    get number of entries in archive

	name_locate name flags
	    find entry in archive

	print_progress
	    print progress during zip_close()

	rename index name
	    rename entry

	replace_file_contents index data
	    replace entry with data

	set_archive_comment comment
	    set archive comment

	set_archive_flag flag
	    set archive flag

	set_extra index extra_id extra_index flags value
	    set extra field

	set_file_comment index comment
	    set file comment

	set_file_compression index method compression_flags
	    set file compression method

	set_file_dostime index time date
	    set file modification time and date (DOS format)

	set_file_encryption index method password
	    set file encryption method

	set_file_mtime index timestamp
	    set file modification time

	set_file_mtime_all timestamp
	    set file modification time for all files

	set_password password
	    set default password for encryption

	stat index
	    print information about entry


Supported flags are:
	0	(no flags)
	4	ZIP_FL_ENC_CP437
	8	ZIP_FL_ENC_UTF_8
	C	ZIP_FL_NOCASE
	c	ZIP_FL_CENTRAL
	d	ZIP_FL_NODIR
	l	ZIP_FL_LOCAL
	r	ZIP_FL_ENC_RAW
	s	ZIP_FL_ENC_STRICT
	u	ZIP_FL_UNCHANGED

Supported archive flags are:
	create-or-keep-empty-file-for-archive
	is-torrentzip
	rdonly
	want-torrentzip

Supported compression methods are:
	default
	bzip2
	deflate
	store

Supported encryption methods are:
	none
	PKWARE

The index is zero-based.
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
-ccheck consistencyhelp
-eerror if archive already exists (only useful with -n)help
-gguess file name encoding (for stat)help
-hdisplay this usagehelp
-l lenonly use len bytes of filehelp
-ncreate archive if it doesn't existhelp
-o offsetstart reading file at offsethelp
-rprint raw file name encoding without translation (for stat)help
-sfollow file name convention strictly (for stat)help
-tdisregard current archive contents, if anyhelp

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