zip - package and compress (archive) files

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