How to easily encrypt a folder or file in Linux?

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tarri2019-06-21 21:29:13

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tarri, 2019-06-21 21:29:13

Before uploading a file/folder to the cloud.
How to easily encrypt a folder or file in Linux? Or in Mac.
Preferably with standard tools that come out of the box.

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Ronald McDonald, 2019-06-21
@Zoominger

GnuPG is available in all distros and is very simple. The instructions are googling.

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moropsk, 2019-06-21
@moropsk

Archive with a complex password.

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CityCat4, 2019-06-21
@CityCat4

openssl

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NSA-bot, 2019-06-21
@NSA-bot

In Linux I archive with 7zip:
It hasn’t stuck on the poppy yet, since I use an encrypted cloud, but I think you can also use 7zip there from the console and maybe with gui

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taliano, 2019-06-22
@taliano

If you need it on a permanent basis - encfs.