How to Zip and Unzip Files on CentOS 6/ Redhat 6

Step 1. Creates the archive folder.zip and puts all the files in the current directory in it in compressed form as below :

[root@howtolinux ~]# touch document1
[root@howtolinux ~]# touch document2
[root@howtolinux ~]#ls
document1  document2

[root@howtolinux ~]# zip folder *
  adding: anaconda-ks.cfg (deflated 40%)
  adding: document1 (stored 0%)
  adding: document2 (stored 0%)
  adding: howtolinux/ (stored 0%)
  adding: install.log (deflated 75%)
  adding: install.log.syslog (deflated 85%)
[root@howtolinux ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg  document2   howtolinux   install.log.syslog
document1        folder.zip  install.log

Step 2. To unzip folder.zip into /var/www/html/test folder :

[root@howtolinux ~]# unzip folder.zip -d /var/www/html/test
Archive:  folder.zip
  inflating: /var/www/html/test/anaconda-ks.cfg
 extracting: /var/www/html/test/document1
 extracting: /var/www/html/test/document2
   creating: /var/www/html/test/howtolinux/
  inflating: /var/www/html/test/install.log
  inflating: /var/www/html/test/install.log.syslog