Extract Zip from PowerShell

Adapted from an old Powershell Guy post, and flipped around to unzip the files:

function unzip($zipPath, $destination){
    $shell = new-object -com shell.application;
    $zip = $shell.NameSpace($zipPath);
    foreach($item in $zip.items()){
        $shell.Namespace($destination).copyhere($item)
    }
}

Evil use of shell object (where is the managed API?), but seems to work quite nicely actually. Note carefully the brackets after $zip.Items().

Now I’ve worked it out it seems really easy to find others doing the same thing. Oh well.

• http://www.powershellcommunity.org/Forums/tabid/54/aft/5239/Default.aspx



• http://learningpcs.blogspot.com/2010/07/powershell-working-with-zip-files.html



• http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/166287-re-copyhere-ignores-voptions-windows-powershell.html