In this how-to, we’ll look at the zip command, a useful utility that enables us to specify lists of files, set a level of data compression and create compressed archives. Whilst you become ...

Together, we're going to zip and unzip a file on Linux. I'll show you first how to do it from the command line and then using the GNOME File Manager GUI.

Exclude specific files from compression (-x): If you want to exclude certain files from being compressed, use the -x command-line option, followed by the names of the files you want to exclude. For ...