linux zip a directory code example

Example 1: linux zip a directory

zip -r filename.zip /path/to/folder1

Example 2: linux tar zip folder

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

Example 3: convert all files and folders in current directory into zip in linux

zip -r myfiles.zip mydir

Example 4: create zip file ubuntu

zip -r output_file.zip file1 folder1