Linux zip command: add a file with different name

Question

I´d like to add a file in a zip file, with a different name, and avoiding the creation of a new file with the desired name. For example, I´d like to add the myfile.txt file to a zip, but renaming it to myfile2.txt.

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use zipnote which should come with the zip package.

First build the zip archive with the myfile.txt file:

zip archive.zip myfile.txt

Then rename myfile.txt inside the zip archive with:

printf "@ myfile.txt\n@=myfile2.txt\n" | zipnote -w archive.zip

(Thanks to Jens for suggesting printf instead of echo -e.)

A short explanation of "@ myfile.txt\n@=myfile2.txt\n":

From zipnote -h: "@ name" can be followed by an "@=newname" line to change the name

And \n separates the two commands.