How to Zip Files and Directories in Linux

Posted by linuxize on Mar 19, 2019 2:03 PM EDT
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ZIP is the most widely used archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file is a data container containing one or more compressed files or directories. Compressed (zipped) files take up less disk space can be transferred from one to another machine more quickly than uncompressed files. ZIP files can be easily extracted in Windows, macOS, and Linux using the utilities available for all operating systems.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to zip (compress) files and directories in Linux systems through the command line using the zip utility.

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