ZIP command in Linux with Pratical examples

 ZIP is a compression and file packaging utility for Unix. The Files are stored in ".zip" extensions. 

• zip is used to compress the files to reduce file size across all the oS flavors (Unix, Linux, Windows). 
• The zip program puts one or more compressed files into a single zip archive, along with information about the files (name, path, date, time of last modification, protection, and check information to verify file integrity). An entire directory structure can be packed into a zip archive with a single command.

How to create a zip file 

Syntax :

zip [options] zipfile file

Creating a zip file:

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip gluster.zip gluster.sh
  adding: gluster.sh (deflated 68%)
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #ls gluster.zip
gluster.zip
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Extract files from zip file 

Unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on Unix systems. The default behavior (with no options) is to extract into the current directory (and sub-directories below it) all files from the specified ZIP archive.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #unzip gluster.zip
Archive:  gluster.zip
  inflating: gluster.sh
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to List file in a zip File

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zipinfo -1 gluster.zip
gluster.sh
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

OR

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #unzip -Z1  gluster.zip
gluster.sh
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to update/add files to a zip File

This option can be used to update the specified list of files or add new files to the existing zip file.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -u gluster.zip ram.txt
  adding: ram.txt (stored 0%)
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zipinfo -1 gluster.zip
gluster.sh
ram.txt
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Remove files from a zip File

This option removes the file from the zip archive.  After creating a zip file, you can remove a file from the archive using the -d option.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -d gluster.zip ram.txt
deleting: ram.txt
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zipinfo -1 gluster.zip
gluster.sh
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Create a zip file from a Directory

To zip a directory recursively, use the -r option with the zip command and it will recursively zips the files in a directory. This option helps you to zip all the files present in the specified directory.

Syntax

zip –r filename.zip directory_name

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -r scripts.zip scripts
  adding: scripts/ (stored 0%)
  adding: scripts/firewall.sh (deflated 62%)
  adding: scripts/gluster.sh (deflated 68%)
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to delete Original  file After Zipping

This Option Deletes the original files after zipping. No deletions are done until zip has created the archive without error. 

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #ls -la scripts/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    43 Dec 18 05:03 .
dr-xr-x---. 8 root root  4096 Dec 18 05:10 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   627 Nov 25 18:14 firewall.sh
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 11726 Nov 25 18:14 gluster.sh
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -rm scripts.zip scripts
  adding: scripts/ (stored 0%)
  adding: scripts/firewall.sh (deflated 62%)
  adding: scripts/gluster.sh (deflated 68%)
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #ls -la scripts/
ls: cannot access scripts/: No such file or directory
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Exclude single file from a zip File

This Option  Exclude the files in creating the zip.  In the following example we are excluding "scripts/firewall.sh" from zip file.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #ls -la scripts/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    62 Dec 18 06:09 .
dr-xr-x---. 8 root root  4096 Dec 18 06:22 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   627 Nov 25 18:14 firewall.sh
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 11726 Nov 25 18:14 gluster.sh
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  4289 Dec 18 06:09 scripts.zip
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -rv scripts.zip scripts/ -x "scripts/firewall.sh"
  adding: scripts/      (in=0) (out=0) (stored 0%)
  adding: scripts/gluster.sh    (in=11726) (out=3730) (deflated 68%)
  adding: scripts/scripts.zip   (in=4289) (out=4289) (stored 0%)
total bytes=16015, compressed=8019 -> 50% savings
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Exclude files with Wildcard from a zip File

 In the following example we are excluding all the files with "*.zip" extension.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -rv scripts.zip scripts/ -x "scripts/firewall.sh" -x \*.zip
  adding: scripts/      (in=0) (out=0) (stored 0%)
  adding: scripts/gluster.sh    (in=11726) (out=3730) (deflated 68%)
total bytes=11726, compressed=3730 -> 68% savings
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Exclude multiple files  a zip File

 In the following example we are excluding all the files with "*.zip" extension.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -rv scripts.zip scripts/ -x \*.zip
  adding: scripts/      (in=0) (out=0) (stored 0%)
  adding: scripts/firewall.sh   (in=627) (out=239) (deflated 62%)
  adding: scripts/gluster.sh    (in=11726) (out=3730) (deflated 68%)
total bytes=12353, compressed=3969 -> 68% savings
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to exclude a directory from zip File

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #rm -f scripts.zip
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -rv scripts.zip scripts/ -x "scripts/testdir/"
  adding: scripts/      (in=0) (out=0) (stored 0%)
  adding: scripts/firewall.sh   (in=627) (out=239) (deflated 62%)
  adding: scripts/gluster.sh    (in=11726) (out=3730) (deflated 68%)
  adding: scripts/scripts.zip   (in=4289) (out=4289) (stored 0%)
total bytes=16642, compressed=8258 -> 50% savings
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #

How to Print Information While creating a zip File

This option enables the display of a progress indicator during compression and requests verbose diagnostic info about zip file structure oddities.

[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #zip -v scripts.zip  *.sh
  adding: firewall.sh   (in=627) (out=239) (deflated 62%)
  adding: gluster.sh    (in=11726) (out=3730) (deflated 68%)
total bytes=12353, compressed=3969 -> 68% savings
[root@Test-Server-devopszones] #