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Babak K. Shandiz
Babak K. Shandiz

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Living in the Shell #7; zip

#productivity #linux #bash #devops

zip 🗜️

Creates ZIP archives.

Test archive integrity -T 

zip -T x.zip
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Create/update zip archive (add/update file) 

zip x.zip ~/.bashrc ~/.profile
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Creates x.zip archive file (if not exist) and adds .bashrc and .profile to it.

Add directory and its content -r 

zip -r x.zip ~/Documents
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Without -r nothing is added.

Add all names except directories -D 

zip -D x.zip ~/*
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Set password while add/update files -P 

zip -P my-password x.zip file-to-add-or-update.txt
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Store-only mode (fast, without compression) -0 

zip -0 x.zip ~/Pictures
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Fast compression mode (fast, low compression) -1 

zip -1 x.zip ~/Pictures
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Ultimate compression mode (slow, maximum compression) -9 

zip -9 x.zip ~/Pictures
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Delete file from archive -d 

zip -d x.zip .bashrc
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