zip-compressing-list-of-files.md

• Date : 2017-09-25
• Tags : #tools #zip #compress

Zip compressing list of files

To specify a list of compressed files when using zip cli tool, you could use -@ [file_list] flag. And file_list is a file contains list of compressed file (new line separated)

Example

$ zip changed.zip -@ changed_files.txt

Or use stdin pipe

$ find . -mmin -60 -print | zip changed_1_hour_ago -@

This will zip all changed files 1 hour ago