Recipe: Archive and compress with zip Archive with zip ================ $ zip archive_name.zip [SOURCE FILES/DIRS] $ zip file.zip file $ zip -r archive.zip folder1 file2 #Recursive Extract zip =========== $ unzip filename.zip Update files ============ $ zip file.zip -u newfile Delete files ============ $ zip -d arc.zip file.txt List files ========== $ unzip -l archive.zip