from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function import argparse import zipfile ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("out", metavar="some.zip", type=str, nargs=1) args = ap.parse_args() with zipfile.ZipFile(args.out[0], "w", zipfile.ZIP_STORED) as zf: zf.writestr( "greek-tree", "\n".join( [ "iota", "A/mu", "A/B/lambda", "A/B/E/alpha", "A/B/E/beta", "A/D/gamma", "A/D/G/pi", "A/D/G/rho", "A/D/G/tau", "A/D/H/chi", "A/D/H/omega", "A/D/H/psi", ] ), )