zip

UK[zɪp] 美[zɪp]

n.Zip; energy, vitality; scream; a program compression format

vt. To give... speed; to zip or buckle

vt.& vi. To scream past; (to move quickly in a certain direction)

Third person singular: zips plural: zips present participle: zipping past tense: zipped past participle: zipped

Linux zip command syntax

Function: zip command is used to compress files.

Syntax: zip [-AcdDfFghjJKlLmoqrSTuvVwXyz$][-b <working directory>][-ll][-n <suffix string>][-t < ;Date time>][-<Compression efficiency>][Compressed file][File...][-i <Template style>][-x <Template style>]

Linux zip command example

Package all files and folders in the /home/html/ directory into html.zip in the current directory:

zip -q -r html.zip /home/html

If we are in the /home/html directory, we can execute the following command:

zip -q -r html.zip *

Delete the file a.c

zip -dv cp.zip a.c
from the compressed file cp.zip