zip - collection and files and directory. It compresses and reduces the actual data size.
It has .zip extension
Free tool for archiving
Support compression
Install package in Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install zip
Install package in CentOS
yum install zip
Archive file in zip
zip name.zip filename
Archive directory in zip
zip -r name.zip directoryname
List archive file from zip
zip -l name.zip
Unzip zip file
unzip name.zip
Removes the file from the zip archive
zip –d filename.zip file.txt
Update file in zip
zip -u name.zip filename
Exclude file when archive
zip -r name.zip Directory_name Directory_name/filename
Exclude directory when archive
zip -r name.zip Directory_name Directory_name/directory_name/*