The zip command is a commonly used utility for compressing files and directories on Unix-like systems. Here are some examples of how to use the zip command:
- Compress a file:
zip archive.zip file.txt
- Compress multiple files:
zip archive.zip file1.txt file2.txt
- Compress a directory and its contents:
zip -r archive.zip directory/
- Compress a directory and exclude certain files or subdirectories:
zip -r archive.zip directory/ -x "directory/exclude*" "directory/subdirectory/exclude*"
- Compress a directory and set a password:
zip -r -e archive.zip directory/ -P password
- Compress a directory and split the archive into multiple parts:
zip -r -s 100M archive.zip directory/
This will split the archive into parts of 100 MB each.
- Compress a file or directory and include a comment:
zip -z "This is a comment" archive.zip file.txt
zip -r -z "This is a comment" archive.zip directory/
This will include the specified comment in the zip archive’s central directory.
These are just a few examples of how to use the zip command. For more information and options, you can check the man pages for zip by running man zip.