Zip and unzip files

Fill these in once

Folder to zipZip file name

Or make and open a .tar.gz

Terminal

tar -czf my-folder.tar.gz my-folder
tar -xzf my-folder.tar.gz

Install zip and unzip if they're missingNeeds sudo
Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian
```
sudo apt install -y zip unzip
```
Zip a folder
Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian
```
zip -r my-folder.zip my-folder
```
Unzip into a new folder
Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian
```
unzip my-folder.zip -d unzipped
```

Or make and open a .tar.gz

Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian

tar -czf my-folder.tar.gz my-folder
tar -xzf my-folder.tar.gz

Zip a folder

PowerShell

Compress-Archive -Path my-folder -DestinationPath my-folder.zip

Unzip into a new folder

PowerShell

Expand-Archive -Path my-folder.zip -DestinationPath unzipped

Or make and open a .tar.gz (tar comes with Windows)

PowerShell

tar -czf my-folder.tar.gz my-folder
tar -xzf my-folder.tar.gz