Quickly Zip And Unzip Files Using Linux Mint/Ubuntu Terminal

Here is how to quickly zip and unzip files using Linux Mint/Ubuntu terminal :

1. Install zip and unzip if not present by typing :

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sudo apt-get install zip

sudo apt-get install unzip

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2. Once installed, to compress files or folders in .zip format, type :

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zip nameoftargetziparchive *

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This will put all the files from current directory into the archive named docs as specified and saved as docs.zip.

To compress only a single specific file from current directory :

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zip nameofarchive filetobecompressed

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2. To unzip the files into a target directory :

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unzip nameofarchive -d pathwheretoextract

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Note that specifying just name of archive will unzip it’s contents into the current directory.

To quickly list what files are present in the zip archive :

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unzip -l nameofarchive

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To find out other cool features, as always use man command :

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man zip

man unzip

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Happy compressing!