Zip including hidden files

Question

In Linux I can zip all(except hidden files) in current directory by doing:

zip 1.zip *

But how do I include the hidden files?

Answer 1

Or you can add more simple

zip 1.zip ./

Answer 2

EDIT: The correct way is zip -r 1.zip .

The commands shown in my previous answer below are incorrect because they also include the parent directory.

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Have you tried this:

zip yourfile.zip sourcedir/* .*

or you in your case

zip 1.zip * .[^.]*'

It should include all hidden files also.

Answer 3

Just to be sure it is not forgotten since this is a forum for developers and a good number of us use git.

An easy way to get only what you want in the zip is to use git archive -o filename.zip branch

Answer 4

if you don't have rights to save zip file in current dir you can go to dir where you have rights and type

zip -r 1.zip /path/to/source/dir/.

However when if in .../some_dir you type

unzip 1.zip

then your files will be decompress into .../some_dir/path/to/source/dir/

Answer 5

If you want to zip all files (+hidden files) Kindly using: zip -r namefiles.zip . The "." is all files in folder.

zip -r namefiles.zip "folder will zip"