Introduction to Zipping a Directory and Using UNIX
Zip is like a container in which you compress the files and contain huge data. When you want to transfer a huge data to another place. Then you compress the files and transfer data. you save the zip files using the .zip extension. Today websites have heavy data when you want to download some files then you download them in compressed form.
Learning how to zip a directory in Unix and save these files using the .zip extension and compress files using software that is installed in your system. Today almost every operating system has a zip system like UNIX, Mac or Windows, etc.
here at ARZ Host. if you use unix you should know how to zip a directory in UNIX.
How to zip folder using the zip command in UNIX:
You can zip the files in UNIX by using the zip command. There are many options to zip files, when you use the zip command as well as you use many other options like ‘-r’ ‘f’ ‘u’ ‘d’ ‘m’ ‘j’ ‘o’ ‘9’ ‘q’ ‘v’ ‘c’ and there are many others every option has its characteristics. But here you use ‘-r’ option. If you want to zip folder you write these lines of code:
$ zip –r <output_file> <folder_1> <folder_2> … <folder_n>
If you want to archive a folder named ‘are host’ in a zip file which is ‘test.zip’. To achieve this task you use these commands:
$ zip –r test.zip arzhost
If you want to see whether our zip file is created or not then you use the ‘Is’ command for the archive file.
$ Is – I | grep .zip
If you don’t know where your zip file is stored then you use these lines of code to find your files.
$ find / -name * .zip 2> /dev/null
Zip the folder using the FIND option:
One of the most powerful commands is to zip files into your folders. you use the ‘FIND’ command and link it to the ‘exec’ option to execute the zip command. If you want to zip your folders in the current working directory then you use these lines of code.
$ find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec zip archive.zip {} +\
How to zip directories using the bash system:
you can zip folders using a bash programming language. Sometimes you do not have any GUI then you can zip files in CLI using bash programming. If you want to zip any folder in bash language then you use ‘for loop’. you follow these lines of code:
$ for file in $(ls -d */); do zip archive.zip $file; done
Related Article: How to Run a Bash Script in Terminal
If you want to zip a folder that starts with any letter e.g. E . A folder starts with an E letter then you follow these lines of code:
$ for file in $(ls -d */ | grep E); do zip archive.zip $file; done
you have to zip our folder successfully.
Conclusion:
by reading this article we hope that you know How to Zip a Directory in Unix.
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