Zip

zip - package and compress (archive) files.

$ sudo apt install zip

• r: Travel the directory structure recursively.
• d: Remove (delete) entries from a zip archive.
• e: Encrypt the contents of the zip archive using a password which is entered on the terminal in response to a prompt.

Compress

• Create .zip compressed file
  • zip archivename.zip filename1 filename2 filename3
  • zip archivename.zip *.csv
• Create .zip compressed file, including all files in the folder
  • zip -r archivename.zip directory_name
  • zip -r archivename.zip directory_name1 directory_name2 file1 file1
• Creating a Password Protected .zip file
  • zip -e archivename.zip directory_name
• Creating Split Zip File
  • zip -s 1g -r archivename.zip directory_name

Delete

• Remove files in compressed file
  • zip -d archivename.zip "__MACOSX*"

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unzip - list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive

$ sudo apt install unzip

• d: An optional directory to which to extract files.

Decompress

• Unzip to the current directory
  • unzip archivename.zip
• Unzip to the target directory
  • unzip archivename.zip -d /path/to/directory
• Unzip a Password Protected .zip file
  • unzip -P $Password$ archivename.zip
• List content of .zip file
  • unzip -l archivename.zip