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This tutorial shows you How to Zip UnZip Files and Directories in Ubuntu 22.04. you will learn Zip or Unzip Files and Folders Using Command Line on Ubuntu. I explained simply step by step unzip zip file from the Terminal?. This article will give you simple example of How to Zip and Unzip Directories on Linux. You just need to some step to done Create Zip and Unzip File in Linux.

You can use this post for ubuntu 14.04, ubuntu 16.04, ubuntu 18.4, ubuntu 20.04, ubuntu 21 and ubuntu 22.04 versions.

To learn how to zip and unzip files and directories or password protected files and directories in ubuntu / linux using command line or terminal:

zip is not installed by default in most Linux distributions. So, you can easily install it using the following command.

Now open your terminal and execute the following command on it to install zip package:

sudo apt install zip

sudo yum install zip

To zip one file. So, you can easily zip it by using the following command:

zip filename

To zip one directory. So, you can easily zip it by using the following command:

zip directory_name

To zip multiple file. So, you can easily zip it by using the following command:

zip archivename.zip filename1 filename2 filename3

To zip multiple directory. So, you can easily zip it by using the following command:

zip -r archivename.zip directory_name1 directory_name2 file1 file1

To create password procted zip file in linux system. So, you can execute the following command on your terminal:

zip -e  archivename.zip directory_name

The command will be prompted to enter and verify the archive password:

Enter password:
Verify password:

unzip is not installed by default in most Linux distributions. So, you can easily install it using the following command.

Now open your terminal and execute the following command on it to install zip package:

sudo apt install unzip

sudo yum install unzip

To unzip one file. So, you can easily unzip it by using the following command

unzip filename

To unzip one directory. So, you can easily unzip it by using the following command

unzip directory_name

To zip multiple file. So, you can easily unzip it by using the following command:

unzip archivename.zip filename1 filename2 filename3

To unzip multiple directory. So, you can easily unzip it by using the following command:

Alternate way to unzip multiple files and directories in linux using command line. You can use regular expressions, as shown below:

unzip '*.zip'

zip -r archivename.zip directory_name1 directory_name2 file1 file1

To unzip file or directories in diffrent direcoties, so you can use the following command:

unzip filename.zip -d /path/to/directory

The command will be prompted to enter and verify the archive password:

To unzip password procted file or directories in linux using command line, so you can use the following command:

unzip -P PasswOrd filename.zip

unzip filename.zip -d /path/to/directory