CLI script to unzip all zip files in a directory and extract them to another directory.

package.json

{
  "name": "unzipper",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "exports": "./lib/index.js",
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node ./lib/index.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "James Benner <james.benner@gmail.com> (https://www.jamesbenner.com/)",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "extract-zip": "^2.0.1"
  }
}

unzipper.js

import extract from 'extract-zip';
import fs from 'node:fs';
import path from 'node:path';
import process from 'node:process';

if (process.argv.length < 3) {
    console.error('Please provide a source directory argument');
    process.exit(1);
}

if (process.argv.length < 4) {
    console.error('Please provide a target directory argument');
    process.exit(1);
}

const cwd = process.argv[2];
const targetDir = process.argv[3];

const zipPaths = fs.readdirSync(cwd, { withFileTypes: true })
    .filter(dirent => dirent.isFile())
    .filter(file => file.name.toLowerCase().endsWith('.zip'))
    .map(file => path.resolve(cwd, file.name));

await Promise.all(zipPaths.map(zip => extract(zip, { dir: targetDir })));

console.log('All files unzipped!');