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How to use p7zip for password-protected store only
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howto-p7zip.sh
# Install homebrew if you don't have it, see https://brew.sh/
#
# Then use brew to install p7zip
brew install p7zip
# Zip with no compression, just a password.
7z a -p'myPassword!!' -tzip -mem=AES256 -mm=Copy -mx=0 -mmt=8 ~/Desktop/myStuff.zip ~/Desktop/myFolder
# if you want to test, delete ~/Desktop/myFolder
# Unzip with a password.
7z x ~/Desktop/myStuff.zip -p'myPassword!!'
open myFolder
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