Package and compress (archive) files
The zip command is used to package and compress files into an archive. zip is a widely used compression utility; files compressed with it will have a ".zip" extension.
zip [options] [parameters]
zip [-options] [-b path] [-t date] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list]
-f, --freshen: Freshen: only changed files
-u, --update: Update: only changed or new files
-d, --delete: Delete entries in zip file
-m, --move: Move into zip file (delete OS files)
-r, --recurse-paths: Recurse into directories
-j, --junk-paths: Junk (don't record) directory names
-0, --store: Store only
-l, --lf-to-crlf: Convert LF to CR LF (-ll for CR LF to LF)
-1: Faster compression
-9: Better compression
-v, --verbose: Verbose operation/print version info
-q, --quiet: Quiet operation
-c, --entry-comments: Add a one-line comment
-z, --archive-comment: Add zip file comment
-@, --names-stdin: Read names from standard input
-o, --latest-time: Make zip file as old as latest entry
-x, --exclude: Exclude the following names
-i, --include: Include only the following names
-F, --fix: Fix zip file (-FF for more effort)
-D, --no-dir-entries: Do not add directory entries
-A, --adjust-sfx: Adjust self-extracting exe
-T, --test: Test zip file integrity
-X, --no-extra: Exclude extra file attributes
-n, --suffixes: Do not compress these suffixes
-e, --encrypt: Encrypt
-y, --symlinks: Store symbolic links as links rather than referenced files
-h2, --help-more: Show more help
Compress a single file, which will compress file.txt into an archive named compressed.zip:
zip compressed.zip file.txt
Compress multiple files, this command will compress file1.txt, file2.txt, and file3.txt into an archive named compressed.zip:
zip compressed.zip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt
Compress an entire directory, the -r parameter indicates recursive compression; this command will compress the folder directory and all its subdirectories and files:
zip -r compressed.zip folder/
Compress files using the maximum compression ratio, the -9 parameter specifies the maximum compression ratio, although it may take longer:
zip -9 compressed.zip file.txt
Create a password-protected zip file, the -e parameter will prompt the user to enter a password to create an encrypted zip file:
zip -e secure.zip file.txt
Only compress new or changed files, if compressed.zip already exists, the -u parameter will update file.txt in the archive or add it to the archive if it is new:
zip -u compressed.zip file.txt
Compress files without preserving the directory structure, the -j parameter will not preserve the parent directory folder of file.txt; the file will be located at the root of the zip file:
zip -j compressed.zip folder/file.txt
Package all files and folders in the /home/Blinux/html/ directory into html.zip in the current directory:
zip -q -r html.zip /home/Blinux/html
The above command compresses files and folders using absolute paths. To use relative paths (e.g., if you are currently in the Blinux directory), perform the following to achieve the same result:
zip -q -r html.zip html
If you are currently in the html directory, use the following zip command:
zip -q -r html.zip *
Compress the contents of the example/basic/ directory into basic.zip, excluding certain directories using -x (note that it will not work without double quotes):
zip -r basic.zip example/basic/ -x "example/basic/node_modules/*" -x "example/basic/build/*" -x "example/basic/coverage/*"
The above command compresses and extracts content into example/basic/. If you want to store it in the root directory, enter the directory before compressing. Currently, there is no single parameter to solve this problem directly.
cd example/basic/ && zip -r basic.zip . -x "node_modules/*" -x "build/*" -x "coverage/*"
Choosing compression efficiency:
zip -9 # 1-9 faster->better
Create a zip of the public_html directory while ignoring all files and folders that contain the text backup:
zip -r public_html.zip public_html -x *backup*
Create an archive of all files in the httpdocs directory while ignoring .svn or git files and directories:
zip -r httpdocs.zip httpdocs --exclude *.svn* --exclude *.git*
Create an archive of all files in the httpdocs directory while ignoring all files ending with .log:
zip -r httpdocs.zip httpdocs --exclude "*.log"
Command not found in CentOS 7:
-Bash: Unzip: Command Not Found
Solution:
yum install -y unzip zip