Mint/Ubuntu Terminal（转）

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

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

sudo apt-get install zip

sudo apt-get install unzip

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

zip nameoftargetziparchive *

 

 

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 :

zip nameofarchive filetobecompressed

 

2. To unzip the files into a target directory :

unzip nameofarchive -d pathwheretoextract

 

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 :

unzip -l nameofarchive

 

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

man zip

man unzip

Happy compressing!