Question

I want to zip a file using bash shell, so I used:

echo -n 'Insert the file path:'
read path
echo 'Hello World' > ${path}
zip -u ${path}.zip ${path}

When I run this script, it gives me a warning:

zip warning: test.zip not found or empty
adding: test (deflated 66%)

It works just fine but how can I disable this warning? Am I using zip in right way?

Answer 1

I think you want the quiet flag.

zip -uq ${path}.zip ${path}

From the man pages:

-q
--quiet
          Quiet   mode;  eliminate  informational  messages  and  comment
          prompts.  (Useful, for example, in shell scripts and background
          tasks).