In the Finder, there is this wonderful ability to right click on a file or directory, select compress from the drop-down, and end up with a zipped file.
Is it possible to do the same thing from the terminal?
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In the Finder, there is this wonderful ability to right click on a file or directory, select compress from the drop-down, and end up with a zipped file.
Is it possible to do the same thing from the terminal?
Best Answer
It's called
zip
.This adds the file
file
to the archivefile.zip
:Of course, to add more files, just add them as arguments to the command. Check out
man zip
for more options.Often, you'll want to skip including those pesky
.DS_Store
files, for example compressing the whole folderfolder
intofolder.zip
: