Zip command in linux

zip - collection and files and directory. It compresses and reduces the actual data size. 

• It has .zip extension

• Free tool for archiving 

• Support compression 

Install package in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install zip

Install package in CentOS

yum install zip

Archive file in zip

zip name.zip filename

Archive directory in zip

zip -r name.zip directoryname

List archive file from zip

zip -l name.zip

Unzip zip file

unzip name.zip

Removes the file from the zip archive

zip –d filename.zip file.txt

Update file in zip

zip -u name.zip filename

Exclude file when archive

zip -r name.zip Directory_name Directory_name/filename

Exclude directory when archive

zip -r name.zip Directory_name Directory_name/directory_name/*

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