Linux Zip Commands Cheat Sheet

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ziping files/directories examples

Creates the archive data.zip and puts all the files in the current directory in it in compressed form, type:

$ zip data *

Note: No need to add .zip extension or suffix as it is added automatically by zip command.
Use the ls command to verify new zip file:
$ ls

To zip up an entire directory (including all subdirectories), type the following command:

$  zip -r data *

unziping files/directories examples

To use unzip to extract all files of the archive pics.zip into the current directory & subdirectories:

$ unzip  pics.zip

You can also test pics.zip, printing only a summary message indicating whether the archive is OK or not:

$ unzip -tq pics.zip

To extract the file called cv.doc from pics.zip:

$ unzip pics.zip  cv.doc

To extract all files into the /tmp directory:

$ unzip pics.zip  -d /tmp

To list all files from pics.zip:

$ unzip -l pics.zip