How to unzip and zip file from the Terminal?

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How to Unzip?

# unzip file.zip -d destination_folder
# unzip filename.zip -d /home/admin/web/example.com/public_html/

How to Zip?

# zip -r filename.zip directory -x .*
# zip -r filename.zip /home/admin/web/example.com/public_html/ -x .*

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sudo apt-get install zip

creating a zip file:

zip -r compressed_filename.zip foldername

exclude hidden files:

find /folder_path -path '*/.*' -prune -o -type f -print | zip ~/compressed_filename.zip [email protected]

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zip -r zipfile.zip directory -x directory/.*

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TAR Example for excluding all folders beginning with:

tar cvpzf filename.tgz folder/ --exclude '.*'

Better compress (slower):

tar cvpjf filename.tar.bz2 folder/ --exclude '.*'