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How to Zip all files in a directory in Linux

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Jan 7, 2020

To zip all files in a given directory on Linux with the zip tool, you can use * with the zip command. This will take care of files with and without extensions since extensions are not so special on Linux. The * will match zero or more characters, with the dot included. The files that begin with a dot however are not considered when using * (or even *.*)
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