linux how to zip

To create a compressed file and save disk space use following the following syntax:

zip options name.zip file1 file2 file3 folder

The zip program compress one or more files into the name.zip archive. Zip has an options from "1" to "9". The option -1 use for a fast compression and -9 for better compress ratios.

zip -9 name.zip file1 file2

If you want to insert a new file to the existing zip archive use options "u" which means update.

zip -u name.zip newFile

To decompress the zip archive use command:

unzip name.zip

To decompress to a specific directory use "d" option:

unzip name.zip -d /directory

Command tar is great tool too. You can compress files with tar:

tar -zcvf name.tgz file1 file2 file3 folder

To unzip compressed file type:

tar -zxvf name.tgz

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