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Compress-Archive — A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to create compressed (zipped) archive files. More information: <https

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Problem

How to use the Compress-Archive command: A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to create compressed (zipped) archive files. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.archive/compress-archive>.

Solution

Compress-Archive — A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to create compressed (zipped) archive files. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.archive/compress-archive>.

Compress a single file:
Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file.txt}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\file.zip}}


Compress multiple files:
Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file1, path\to\file2, ...}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\files.zip}}


Compress a directory:
Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\directory}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}}


Update an existing archive:
Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}} -Update


Set compression level:
Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\directory}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}} -CompressionLevel {{Optimal|Fastest|NoCompression}}

Code Snippets

Compress a single file

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file.txt}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\file.zip}}

Compress multiple files

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file1, path\to\file2, ...}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\files.zip}}

Compress a directory

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\directory}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}}

Update an existing archive

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\file}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}} -Update

Set compression level

Compress-Archive -Path {{path\to\directory}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\directory.zip}} -CompressionLevel {{Optimal|Fastest|NoCompression}}

Context

tldr-pages: windows/Compress-Archive

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