For example: zip files.zip file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt This command compresses the three .txt files into a single .zip file named files.zip . Deleting a file from a zip archive: To remove a file ...

If the file was compressed with gzip or zip, you would use the zcat command. If the file was compressed with bzip2, you would use the bzcat command. On some systems, zcat might be called gzcat.