compress folder linux zip code example

Example 1: linux zip a directory

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

Example 2: compress a folder linux zip

tar -zcvf example.tar.gz directorytocompress/

Example 3: how to create a zip in ubuntu

zip -r 19ucs026ApoorvSrivastava.zip 19ucs026ApoorvSrivastava