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# unzipsfx

> Create a self-extracting compressed binary file by prepending self-extracting stubs on a Zip file.
> More information: <https://manned.org/unzipsfx>.

- Create a self-extracting binary file of a Zip archive:

`cat unzipsfx {{path/to/archive.zip}} > {{filename}} && chmod 755 {{filename}}`

- Extract a self-extracting binary in the current directory:

`{{./path/to/binary)}}`

- Test a self-extracting binary for errors:

`{{./path/to/binary)}} -t`

- Print content of a file in the self-extracting binary without extraction:

`{{./path/to/binary)}} -c {{path/to/filename}}`

- Print comments on Zip archive in the self-extracting binary:

`{{./path/to/binary)}} -z`
