how can i search for files and zip them in one zip file

Question

I tried to search files and zip them with the following commmand

find . regexpression -exec zip {} \\;

however it is not working. How can i do

Answer 1

Your response is close, but this might work better:

find -regex 'regex' -exec zip filname.zip {} +

That will put all the matching files in one zip file called filename.zip. You don't have to worry about special characters in the filename (like a line break), which you would if you piped the results.