zip folder command line code example

Example 1: linux zip a directory

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

Example 2: ubuntu zip file

zip -r example.zip original_folder

Example 3: zip folder terminal

zip -r mynewfilename.zip foldertozip/

Example 4: zip entire directory ubuntu

zip -r compressed_filename.zip foldername

Example 5: create zip file ubuntu

zip -r output_file.zip file1 folder1

Example 6: zip destination folder

zip -r /path/to/destination.zip /files