• Zip Command
• How to zip files
• How to zip directory / directories
• How to Test if a ZIP File is Valid
• How to unzip a zip
• How to unzip a zip to a different directory

zip Command

zip OPTIONS ARCHIVE_NAME FILES

To zip one or more files

zip archive-name.zip filename1 filename2 filename3

Create a zip archive of a directory including the content of sub-directories. The -r option allows to traverse the whole directory structure recursively:

To zip one directory including sub-directories.

zip -r archive-name.zip directory-name

To add multiple files and directories in the same archive

zip -r archive-name.zip directory-name1 directory-name2 file1 file2

How to Test if a ZIP File is Valid

unzip -t archive-name.zip

This is useful if you think the zipped file has been damaged or corrupted.

To extract a zip file in the same directory

unzip archive-name.zip

To extract a zip file to a different directory

unzip -d archive-name.zip /path-to-unzip

The –d switch tells the system to put the unzipped files somewhere else.

To overwrite unzipped files/folders

unzip -o archive-name.zip