tldr/pages/linux/unzipsfx.md

# 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`