Linux – Can the encryption option with zip on Linux when used from the command line

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Can the encryption option on Info-ZIP be used from the command line? The zip man page says:

-e
–encrypt Encrypt the contents of the zip archive using a password which is entered on the terminal in response to a prompt (this will
not be echoed; if standard error is not a tty, zip will exit with an
error). The password prompt is repeated to save the user from typing
errors.

Is there a way to create zipped files from an unattended script?

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Using -P will allow you to pass the password on the command line.

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It's not built into Windows, but it's in the Resource Kit Tools as COMPRESS,

C:\>compress /?

Syntax:

COMPRESS [-R] [-D] [-S] [ -Z | -ZX ] Source Destination
COMPRESS -R [-D] [-S] [ -Z | -ZX ] Source [Destination]

Description:
Compresses one or more files.

Parameter List:
-R Rename compressed files.

-D Update compressed files only if out of date.

-S Suppress copyright information.

-ZX LZX compression. This is default compression.

-Z MS-ZIP compression.

Source Source file specification. Wildcards may be
used.

Destination Destination file | path specification.
Destination may be a directory. If Source is
multiple files and -r is not specified,
Destination must be a directory.

Examples:

COMPRESS temp.txt compressed.txt
COMPRESS -R *.*
COMPRESS -R *.exe *.dll compressed_dir

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