zip files in terminal code example

Example 1: terminal zip

# to compress
tar -zcvf archive_name.tar.gz folder_to_compress
# to extract
tar -zxvf archive_name.tar.gz

# the "v" flag is for verbose and is not required

Example 2: zip folder terminal

zip -r mynewfilename.zip foldertozip/

Example 3: compress file in terminal

tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file