mind-palace/cli/zip.md

The basic syntax for the zip command is:

zip [options] zipfile files/directories

Common options include:

• -r: Recursively include files in directories
• -q: Quiet mode (less output)
• -v: Verbose mode
• -u: Update existing entries if newer
• -9: Maximum compression
• -0: Store files only, no compression
• -e: Encrypt the zipfile with a password

Some common examples:

# Create a zip archive of multiple files
zip archive.zip file1.txt file2.txt

# Create a zip archive of a directory and all its contents
zip -r archive.zip directory/

# Create an encrypted zip file
zip -e secure.zip confidential.txt

# Add/update files in an existing zip
zip -u archive.zip newfile.txt