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Zip Command Cheatsheet

Cheatsheet for running zip on the commandline

Running Zip on the command line is essential to being a highly efficient Web Developer. Zipping files into a group of compressed files that can be shared or stored.

Install zip

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sudo apt install zip

Zip Commandline Examples

Zip the uploads_pxs to uploads_pxs.zip

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zip uploads_pxs.zip -r uploads_pxs

Zip contents of current directory

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zip -r archive.zip .

Zip command Explanation:

zip: This is the command to create a zip archive. -r: Recursively include all files and directories within the specified directory. archive.zip: This is the name of the zip file you want to create. You can replace archive.zip with whatever name you prefer. .: This represents the current directory. It tells the zip command to include all files and directories within the current directory in the archive

Show what will be zipped

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zip uploads_pxs.zip -r uploads_pxs -sf

Unzip command

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unzip file.zip -d destination_folder

Tar

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tar -zxvf yourfile.tar.gz

Get the zip file

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wget https://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick.tar.gz

Gunzip

decompress a file that has been compressed using the gzip (GNU zip) compression utility.

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gunzip filename.gz
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