Zip a folder in Ubuntu Linux using the cli
sudo apt install zip unzipCommand to compress a folders and files:
$ zip -r filename.zip folder
$ zip -r filename.zip folder1 folder2
$ zip -r filename.zip /path/to/folder1 /path/to/file2To create compressed archive named data.zip of data folder in the current directory, run:
zip -r data.zip data/Verify file with the ls command:
ls -l data.zipYou can encrypt data.zip with a password by passing the -e option:
zip -r -e data.zip data/zip command has many more options as follows:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -f | freshen: only changed files |
| -u | update: only changed or new files |
| -d | delete entries in zipfile |
| -m | move into zipfile (delete OS files) |
| -r | recurse into directories |
| -j | junk (don’t record) directory names |
| -0 | store only |
| -l | convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF) |
| -1 | compress faster |
| -9 | compress better |
| -q | quiet operation |
| -v | verbose operation/print version info |
| -c | add one-line comments |
| -z | add zipfile comment |
| -@ | read names from stdin |
| -o | make zipfile as old as latest entry |
| -x | exclude the following names |
| -i | include only the following names |
| -F | fix zipfile (-FF try harder) |
| -D | do not add directory entries |
| -A | adjust self-extracting exe |
| -J | junk zipfile prefix (unzipsfx) |
| -T | test zipfile integrity |
| -X | eXclude eXtra file attributes |
| -y | store symbolic links as the link instead of the referenced file |
| -e | encrypt |
| -n | don’t compress these suffixes |
| -h2 | show more help |