SquirrelZip File Compressor/Archiver CLI Tool

Simple CLI tool for compressing and decompressing files with password.

Usage

Build

./build

Run

./sq -c <file1,file2> -o <outputDir>

-v      Print version information
-c      Input files or directory to be compressed [strings] (Space separated)
-o      Output directory for compressed/decompressed files (Optional)
-a      Algorithm to use for compression (Optional) [string]
-p      Password for encryption (Optional) [string]
-all    Read all files in the provided directory (Optional)
-d      Input file to decompress [strings] (Space separated)
-h      Print help

Examples

Compress

Compress without password:

./sq -c file.txt file2.txt

Compress with password:

./sq -c file.txt file2.txt -p mySecurepass1234

Or compress the whole directory:

./sq -all folder

To provide an output path use the -o flag:

./sq -c file.txt -o output/files

Decompress without password:

./sq -d compressed.sq

Decompress with password:

./sq -d compressed.sq -p mySecurepass1234

Compression Algorithms

./sq -c file.txt -a huffman ./sq -c file.txt -a lzma