ubuntu compress folder zip command line code example

Example 1: linux zip a directory

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

Example 2: zip entire directory ubuntu

zip -r compressed_filename.zip foldername

Example 3: zip full folder ubuntu

zip -r example.zip original_folder

Example 4: how to create a zip in ubuntu

zip -r 19ucs026ApoorvSrivastava.zip 19ucs026ApoorvSrivastava