To install zip

$ sudo apt install zip

To zip a single file file1.txt

$ zip file1.zip file1.txt

To zip multiple files 

$ zip file.zip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt file4.txt

To zip files based on wildcard

$ zip txt_file,zip *.txt

$ zip mp3_file.zip *.mp3

$ zip jpg_file.zip *.jpg

To zip a file to a different directory

$ zip /path/to/dir/file.zip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

To add a file to a existing zip file

$ zip -u file.zip file5.txt

To remove a file from an already existing zip file

$ zip -d files.zip file5.txt

To delete the original files after creating the zipped file

$ zip -m file.zip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt 

To zip directories

$ zip -r mydir.zip dir1/

To set the level of compression

compression ranges from 0 to 9 level

default is 6

files with compression value 9 is less in file as compared to compression value 0

To compress a file using compression value 9

$ zip -9 files9.zip *.txt

To compress a file using compression value 0

$ zip -0 file0.zip *.txt

To create password-protected zip files

$ zip -e files.zip *.txt

To set a password to a zip file at any time

$ zipcloak file.zip

To display details about the zipped file

$ zipdetails file.zip

To search files inside the zip file file.zip the word ipaddress

$ zipgrep ipaddress file.zip

To display information about the zip file

$ zipinfo file.zip

To split the zip file 

$ zipsplit  -n <size> test.zip

 <size> is the maximum size for the split files

To get help info 

$ zip --help

regards,

T.Dhanasekar