Unix Zip/Unzip Command
UNIX/Linux provides zip/unzip commands to compress/decompress files.
- zip – Package and compress (archive) files.
- unzip – Extract and list compressed files in a ZIP archive.
Create a Zip File
Create a zip file from a list of files.
zip zname.zip fname.txt fname2.txt pic.jpg
Compress all files in a directory into a zip archive.
zip -r data.zip /data
Decompress a Zip File
Extract all contents from a zip file.
unzip zname.zip unzip data.zip