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Old 02-27-2008
winzip compatible command

Dear friends,
I m new to Unix, can anybody please guide me on how to zip and password protect a normal text (or any file) in unix prompt?
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Old 02-27-2008
On Unix there is a zip utility:
Code:
zip -P mypassword myfile.zip myfile.txt

 
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