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Zipping all files/dirs in a directory except hidden ones?

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Mar 15, 202622218 views

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How can I make a zip of all the files and subdirectories in the directory , except all those files/dirs that begin with a ? The command: ...will include everything. For example, if I have: I'd like foo and bar to be included in , but not .hello. How can I do this?

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zip -r mydir.zip mydir/

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This works for me: @Joe Internet, @Dariusz: normal shell patterns won't work properly because zip matches against the full path+filename internally (as the zip manual explains... ;) )

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