zip command in Linux means Package and compress (archive) files.
Syntax
zip [-aABcdDeEfFghjklLmoqrRSTuvVwXyz!@$] [–longoption …] [-b path] [-n suffixes] [-t date] [-tt date] [zipfile [file …]] [-xi list]
On the man page, the describes it
- zip – package
and compress (archive) files. - man zip – More details information about zip command.
zip command in Linux with Examples
$ zip devopsroles.zip devopsroles.txtAdd new files to the existing zip file
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]$ ll
total 4
drwxrwxr-x. 3 vagrant vagrant 20 Oct 1 06:51 DevopsRoles
-rw-rw-r--. 1 vagrant vagrant 638 Oct 1 06:46 Devops.zip
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]$ touch newfile.txt
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]$ unzip -l Devops.zip
Archive: Devops.zip
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/DevopsRoles/
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/huupv.csv
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/xxx
--------- -------
0 4 files
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]$ zip -u Devops.zip newfile.txt
adding: newfile.txt (stored 0%)
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]$ unzip -l Devops.zip
Archive: Devops.zip
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/DevopsRoles/
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/huupv.csv
0 10-01-2019 06:45 Devops/xxx
0 10-01-2019 06:56 newfile.txt
--------- -------
0 5 files
Conclusion
zip command is a simple command in Linux. It is the most popular in use terminal Linux package and compress (archive) files. Thank you for reading the DevopsRoles page!
