zip

Explanation

The example below demonstrates how to create a zip file, called archive.zip, which contains three text files (file_1.txt, file_2.txt, and file_3.txt).

                
                    john@comp:~$
                    zip archive.zip file_1.txt file_2.txt file_3.txt
                
            

Explanation

The example below demonstrates how to extract the contents of a zip file, in this case a zip file called 'archive.zip'.

                
                    john@comp:~$
                    unzip archive.zip
                
            

Explanation

The example below demonstrates how to list the contents of a .zip file without extracting the contents of said zip file.

                
                    john@comp:~$
                    unzip -l archive.zip
                
            

The examples provided on this page were generated on 2024-JULY-28 using the Linux based operating system Debian 12.6, with zip installed via the apt-get package manager.