How to recursively `zip` all files of a certain type in a directory?

Question

I want to use the zip command to create a .ZIP of a folder but only include .txt files.

Subdirectory structure should be preserved!

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-07 05:05:41Z

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If you're certain that none of the filenames will contain a newline then you can use find as explained in the zip(1) man page.

find some/dir -type f -name '*.txt' -print | zip ... -@ ...

answered Nov 7 '11 at 5:05

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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I'm afraid it specifically says MacOS X does not support this :( – macek Nov 7 '11 at 5:20

It says "MacOS". OS X is Unix, not MacOS. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 7 '11 at 5:27

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