Is there an equivalent of unzip in Windows that I can execute on a python script?

Question

I have a script on Jupyter Notebook that unzip files, create directories, and move the unzipped files to these directories. However, the script only works in *nix operating systems.

# the name of your folder where the LIEF files are
lief_data_folder = 'Images' 

# Is the Account Multi-store? (True/False)
is_multi_store = False

# set the path
base_path = os.getcwd()
raw_data = base_path+'/'+lief_data_folder

# unzip and move file
os.chdir(raw_data)
!for z in *.zip; do unzip -d _$z -o "$z"; done
!mkdir 'products'
!for item in _product_2020*;do mv -f $item 'products'; done
!mkdir 'products_photo'
!for item in _product_photo_*;do mv -f $item 'products_photo'; done
!mkdir 'raw_zip'
!for item in *.lief-packet.zip;do mv -f $item 'raw_zip'; done
!mv 'Data Export Log' 'raw_zip'
!mv 'Data Export Summary' 'raw_zip'
os.chdir(base_path)

print('DONE')

I know that mv is move in Windows but what's the equivalent of unzip or a better solution for Windows? Also what are the equivalent of the options above in mv?

Answer 1

Python has module zipfile to zip/unzip files. And shutil.unpack_archive() for zip, tar, etc.

You may also install zip like in Linux using unzip from GnuWin32.

There are also other useful programs in GnuWin32 - ie. mv, ls, mkdir in CoreUtils.

Or you may try Windows Subsystem for Linux and you will have Linux terminal in Windows.

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I use Linux and I can't say how works WSL but long time ago when I was using Windows
then I always was using tools from GnuWin32