How Do I Zip a Text File in Linux?
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4. -r Option: To zip a directory recursively, use the -r option with the zip command and it will recursively zips the files in a directory. This option helps you to zip all the files present in the specified directory.

How do I zip a TXT file in Linux?

How to use zip on Linux

  1. How to use zip on Linux.
  2. Using zip on command line.
  3. Unzipping an archive on command line.
  4. Unzipping an archive into a specified directory.
  5. Right click the files and click compress.
  6. Name the compressed archive and choose zip option.
  7. Right click a zip file and choose extract to decompress it.

How do I zip a text file?

Zip and unzip files

  1. Locate the file or folder that you want to zip.
  2. Press and hold (or right-click) the file or folder, select (or point to) Send to, and then select Compressed (zipped) folder. A new zipped folder with the same name is created in the same location.
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