Compress files and folders

Zip

Collect and compress files and directories into a zip file

zip -r <output-file> <source-files>

Unzip a standard zip file archive

unzip <file>

List files contained inside zip file without extracting

unzip -l <file>

Zip Info

Show files contained in zip file (-m show compression rate)

zipinfo <file>
zipinfo -m <file>

List directory and file names only

zipinfo -1 <file>

Gzip

Gzip file and keep (-k) original source file

gzip <file> -k

Gzip file contents and write to stdout (useful for piping / directing results)

gzip <file> -c
gzip <input-file> -c > <output-file>

Tar

Tar (collect) and Gzip the specified directory to file.tgz

tar -czvf <file.tgz> <directory>

Uncompress file.tgz

tar -xzvf <file.tgz>

Brotli

Install brotli command line processor

brew install brotli

Compress file with brotli (defaults to keep source and maximum compression)

brotli <file>