ZipDir

A small command line utility to list the contents of ZIP files. Given a folder, it recursively searches for ZIP files and lists their contents. This includes nested ZIP files.

ZipDir.exe -f C:\path

C:\path\to\zipfile.zip/contents1.txt
C:\path\to\zipfile.zip/contents2.txt
C:\path\to\zipfile.zip/Nested.zip/contents3.txt
C:\path\to\zipfile.zip/Nested.zip/contents4.txt

Usage

Usage: ZipDir.exe [options]

Options:
  -f, --folder <path>   Folder to search (default ".")
  -p, --pattern <str>   Zip file pattern (default "*.zip")
  -e, --exclude <str>   Exclude patterns, can be specified multiple times "-e backup -e documents"
  -b, --byte            Identify zip files by magic number, not extension
  -r, --raw             Raw output, for piping
  -h, --help, -?        Help information

Example:
  ZipDir.exe -f .
  ZipDir.exe --folder \your\docs --pattern *.zip --exclude backup --exclude documents

Build

ZipDir is written in C# and built with .NET 9. Build with

dotnet publish ZipDir.csproj -r win-x64 -c Release

Or use the supplied build.cmd file.

The csprog file is configured for Native AOT compilation, but this is optional.