Zip and Unzip Command in Linux

Zipping a Directory

zip is a compression and file packaging utility for Unix, Linux, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Minix, Atari and Macintosh, Amiga and Acorn RISC OS etc. This utility is installed by default on most Linux computers. he program is useful for packaging a set of files for distribution; for archiving files; and for saving disk space by temporarily compressing unused files or directories.

To zip directory called pics in your home directory (/home/you/pics), type the following command:

$ zip -r myvacationpics.zip /home/you/pics/

It recurse into directories (all files and directories inside pics) to produced zip file called myvacationpics.zip.

Unzipping a Directory

unzip command will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. The default behavior (with no options) is to extract into the current
directory (and subdirectories below it) all files from the specified ZIP archive.

By default, all files and subdirectories are recreated in the current directory; the -d option allows extraction in an arbitrary directory (always assuming one has permission to write to the directory). This option need not appear at the end of the command line; it is also accepted before the zipfile specification (with the normal options), immediately after the zipfile specification, or between the file(s) and the -x option. The option and directory may be concatenated without any white space between them, but note that this may cause normal shell behavior to be suppressed.

Syntax:
unzip {.zip-file-name}-d {/path/to/extract}

For example extract package.zip into /opt, enter:
# unzip package.zip -d /opt
# cd /opt
# ls

If you want to rename package directory use mv command:
# mv package newname