How to zip a file using command (cmd) line?

This short guide explains to you how to extract/unzip .zip archive files to a specific or different directory in Linux.

Install zip

sudo apt-get install zip

Zip a directory

Zip your folder:

zip -r {filename.zip} {directory}

Unzip 

unzip {filename.zip}

Extract zip file to a different directory

mkdir -p /tmp/unziped
$ unzip {filename.zip} -d {/directory/path}