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How to exclude a file or folder when zipping a folder (on Mac)

#shell 
# ex: zip -r app.zip ./app -x "*node_modules*"
# ex2: zip -r app.zip ./zpp -x "*.pyc*"

zip -r <ZIP_FILE_NAME> <TARGET_FOLDER_PATH> -x "*<FILE_OR_FOLDER_PATTERN>*"
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Create a zip file excluding a specified file or folder(ja)

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