command line parameter
Bandizip for macOS can be run in the terminal using the following command line parameters.
How to run Bandizip in terminal
How to run Bandizip in terminal
1. Run the app file using the open command
open /Applications/Bandizip.app --args <command> [<switches>...] <archive> [<files>...] [<path_to_extract>]
open /Applications/Bandizip.app --args <bcommand> [<switches>...] [<files>...]
In this case, only one app runs as if running from Finder, and it cannot be run multiple times.
2. Run the executable file directly
Apps for macOS are composed of a special type of folder called Package, and the actual executable file exists inside.
For Bandizip, the location of the actual executable file is as follows.
/Applications/Bandizip.app/Contents/MacOS/Bandizip
The parameters that follow can be used in the same form as above.
open /Applications/Bandizip.app --args <command> [<switches>...] <archive> [<files>...] [<path_to_extract>]
open /Applications/Bandizip.app --args <bcommand> [<switches>...] [<files>...]
Bandizip <command> [<switches>...] <archive> [<files>...] [<path_to_extract>]
Bandizip <bcommand> [<switches>...] [<files>...]
<archive> - Archive
Performs the default operation specified in preferences. Normally you just open the compressed file.
<command> - Command
| a | Add files to archive |
| x | Extract files with full paths |
| t | Test integrity of archive |
| d | Delete files from archive |
| c | Create new archive (Overwrite existing one with the same name) |
| rn | Rename files in archive |
<bc> - Batch Commands
| bc | Compress multiple files/folders with the name of each. If existing archives have the same name, (archive-name) (2), (archive-name) (3) … are created. If a destination folder is not specified, the archives are created in the folder where each of the original files exists. |
| bx | Extract files from multiple archives to a destination folder. If a destination folder is not specified, the files are extracted to the folder where each of the archives exists. |
| bt | Test integrity of each archive. |
| - | Stop switch parsing |
| -l:<0...9> | Set compression level (0: store, 1: fast, 5: default, 9: maximum) |
| -r- | Disable recurse subdirectories (default) |
| -r | Enable recurse subdirectories |
| -aoa | Overwrite existing files without prompt |
| -aos | Skip and not overwrite existing files |
| -aou | Auto-rename extracted files For example, name.txt → name (2).txt |
| -zopfli | Use Zopfil as default encoder (slow) |
| -p:{password} | Set password for archive |
| -o:{dir} | Specify destination folder Only with x command and batch commands (bc, bx, bt) |
| -storeroot:<yes|no> |
-storeroot:yes Store root directory as top-level folder of archive
-storeroot:no Store no top-level folder of archive |
| -y | Assume Yes on all queries Close (de)compression windows on task completion if no error occurs |
| -ex:{list} |
Specify list of files to exclude when compressing -ex:hello.txt -ex:"*.bak" -ex:"*.bak;*.tmp" -ex:*\.git |
| -root:{dir} | Specify root directory in archive when compressing (-root:top_folder) |
| -fmt:{fmt} | Specify archive format (zip, zipx, exe, tar, tgz, lzh, iso, 7z, gz, xz) |
| -v:{size} | Specify volume size (-v:1000000 -v:1440k -v:100MB ...) |
| -cmt:{comment} | Set ZIP file comment (-cmt:Hello, -cmt:"Hello World!") |
| -cmtfile:{filepath} | Specify path of txt file used as ZIP file comment (-cmtfile:mycomment.txt, -cmtfile:"c:\test\my comment.txt") |
| -t:NN | Specify number of CPU threads used when compressing (-t:10, -t:1, -t:0) |
| -cp:NN |
Specify code page used when opening or extracting files (Bandizip x -cp:932 japanese.zip) Examples of available code page - Chinese Simplified: 936 - Chinese Traditional: 950 - Japanese: 932 - Korean: 949 - UTF-8: 65001 |
| -target:auto | Extract files to a destination folder using Extract Here (Smart) feature. If a destination folder is not specified, the files are extracted to the folder where each of the archives exists. |
| -target:name | Extract files to an archive-name folder in a destination folder. If a destination folder is not specified, the files are extracted to the archive-name folder in the folder where each of the archives exists. |
Examples
Bandizip execution path settings
The examples below require the following path to be added to the execution path.
/Applications/Bandizip.app/Contents/MacOS
For the file that specifies the execution path, edit the .zshrc file in the root of the user folder, enter the following content and save it, and then open a new terminal to apply the execution path.
export PATH=/Applications/Bandizip.app/Contents/MacOS/:$PATH
Caution
Because Bandizip is an app subject to sandbox restrictions, when it is run in the terminal, the current path is not known.
Because of this, you cannot specify the file's path relative to the current folder.
The path to the file must be specified as an absolute path or a folder relative to the account home folder, such as ~/Documents/sample.zip.
Open archive
Bandizip ~/Documents/sample.zip
Create new archive (Overwrite existing one with the same name)
Bandizip c ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/src1
Bandizip c ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/src1 ~/Documents/src2
Add files to archive
Bandizip a ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/src/sample.txt
Bandizip a ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/src/sample1.txt ~/Documents/src/sample2.txt
Bandizip a ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/src/*.txt ~/Documents/src/*.jpg
Delete files from archive
Bandizip d ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/sample.txt
Bandizip d ~/Documents/sample.zip ~/Documents/*.txt
Extract files to destination folder
Bandizip x -o:~/Documents/dest ~/Documents/sample.zip
Add files to archive, set password as Passw0rd, overwrite existing files without prompt, and close the dialog box
Bandizip a -y -p:Passw0rd ~/Documents/test.zip ~/Documents/src ~/Documents/src
Extract files from multiple archives to one folder
Bandizip bx -o:~/Documents/dst ~/Documents/a.zip ~/Documents/b.zip ~/Documents/c.zip
Extract files from multiple archives to a destination folder using Extract Here (Smart) feature
Bandizip bx -o:~/Documents/dst -target:auto ~/Documents/a.zip ~/Documents/b.zip ~/Documents/c.zip
Compress multiple folders (a, b, c) with the name of each folder (a.zip b.zip c.zip)
Bandizip bc ~/Documents/a ~/Documents/b ~/Documents/c
Specify top-level folder of archive
Bandizip c -root:top ~/Documents/test.zip ~/Documents/abc.txt
Rename files in archive
Rename abc.txt to xyz.txt
Bandizip rn ~/Documents/test.zip abc.txt xyz.txt
Rename in subfolder abc.txt to xyz.txt
Bandizip rn ~/Documents/test.zip top/abc.txt top/xyz.txt
Rename AAA.txt to XXX.txt and BBB.txt to YYY.txt
Bandizip rn ~/Documents/test.zip AAA.txt XXX.txt BBB.txt YYY.txt
Compress multiple folders individually
Compress folders with the name of each, and create the archives in the destination folder
Bandizip bc -aoa -o:~/Documents/backup ~/folder1 ~/folder2 ~/folder3
~/folder1 → ~/Documents/backup/folder1.zip
~/folder2 → ~/Documents/backup/folder2.zip
~/folder3 → ~/Documents/backup/folder3.zip