zipnote1
Write the comments in zipfile to stdout, edit comments and rename files in zipfile
Usage
zipnote [-w]
[-b
path]
[-h]
[-v]
[-L]
zipfile
Arguments
zipfile Zipfile to read comments from or edit.
Options
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-w -
Write comments to a zipfile from stdin (see below).
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-b path -
Use path for the temporary zip file.
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-h -
Show a short help.
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-v -
Show version information.
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-L -
Show software license.
Overview
zipnote writes the comments in a zipfile to stdout. This is the default mode. A second mode allows updating the comments in a zipfile as well as allows changing the names of the files in the zipfile. These modes are described below.
Examples
To write all comments in a zipfile to stdout use for example
zipnote foo.zip > foo.tmp
This writes all comments in the zipfile foo.zip to the file foo.tmp in a specific format.
If desired, this file can then be edited to change the comments and then used to update the zipfile.
zipnote -w foo.zip < foo.tmp
The names of the files in the zipfile can also be changed in this way. This is done by following lines like
"@ name"
in the created temporary file (called foo.tmp here) with lines like
"@=newname"
and then using the -w option as above.
Releases
Unchanged in 9 releases since macOS 15.4.