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 compress (archive) files.
• man zip – More details information about zip command.

zip command in Linux with Examples

$ zip devopsroles.zip devopsroles.txt

Add 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!