To zip a folder along with all its files, you can use the zip command with "-r" option.
Here is an example:
zip -r archive_name.zip folder_name/
Replace archive_name.zip with your desired zip file name and folder_name/ with the folder you want to zip.
"-r" option represents recurse-paths i.e. travel the directory structure recursively. All the files and directories in the folder are saved in the zip archive, including files with names starting with "."