Recursively compress files in a directory and subdirectories using command line "zip" tool in Mac OS X and exclude .DS_Store files from ALL subfolders
Add a wildcard to the exclude option
zip -r myarchive.zip . -x "*.DS_Store"
Most of the times I want to exclude all hidden files, such as .DS_Store
or .git
or .gitignore
With one simple command you can take care of all of that and compress all files and subfolders recursively:
zip -r archive.zip folder -x "*/\.*"
In case the archive already exists, above command will overwrite existing files and add new files to the archive.
If you want to replace the archive entirely you will need the following command:
zip -FSr archive.zip folder -x "*/\.*"
Or even better, create a function in zsh to make life easier
open ~/.zshrc
Add the following code in your aliases section
function zip-visible(){
zip -FSr $1 $2 -X -x "*/\.*"
}
Reload the zsh configuration
source ~/.zshrc
Use like this
zip-visible archive.zip folder