macos - How to give a password to a zip file on Mac OS X

Question

How can I give a password to a zip file on Mac OS X without downloading any additional program?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47291523/how-to-give-a-password-to-a-zip-file-on-mac-os-x

Answer 1

I found the solution.

Go to Terminal and type

zip -er (zipfile's name).zip (File path)

Enter password: (your password)

Verify password: (type it again)

press enter. That's it. It will be saved to your main folder. You have a passworded zip file now.