Read contents of Zip file and extract the metadata from the files inside the Zip

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Hi

I have a requirement for the following…

Read contents of Zip file and extract the metadata from the files inside the Zip and output the results to a csv file.

The csv needs to also include the name of the zip for each file so it can be traced back.

https://mickitblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/powershell-retrieving-file-details.html –> provides getting the metadata from a file.

What i’m not sure about is:

  1. Do i need to extract the zip contents to a temp location
  2. Read the metadata & output to the CSV
  3. Delete the temp location
  4. Do the next file
or is there a way to get the info from with in the files in the zip.

I have been told that there is over 10,000 zip files.

Thanks

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As far as I know there is no built in way to extract the metadata without extracting the files itself. You might consider using a third party tool like 7zip. The included CLI probably extracts the metadata much faster than just with the built in functions.