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   On Fri, 3/6/2026 4:40 PM, JR Dolobson wrote:   
   > In Ubuntu, right now I'm selecting each individual file (left clicking),   
   > right clicking and choosing compress, keeping same file name, and then   
   > entering password, then create but this is going to take a long time for   
   > well over a hundred files!  I don't want to create a new archive name   
   > for the group as this will mean that all would have to be unzipped >   
   later.  I just want to keep original file names.  thanks   
      
   You can put a set of files into an archive and access them   
   with Archive Manager from Thunar or Nemo.   
      
   If you list the files in the archive, you can hold down   
   shift-ctrl and mouse click the random selections you   
   want decrypted and decompressed.   
      
   In any case, encryption always comes after compression,   
   as encrypted items don't compress. Either a tool   
   does the whole job for you (compress then encrypt),   
   or you can use two tools, a compression tool first   
   followed by an encryption tool.   
      
   I can use 7z instead of p7zip package, to work with .7z archives.   
   Here I have put three files into a compressed archive that   
   is encrypted with AES256 plus an 11 character password. Then, I   
   randomly accessed two of the files, by using shift-ctrl and   
   the mouse pointer to join the second file to the set of them   
   I was building. I am then asked for the password, by the   
   Archive Manager.   
      
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       https://i.postimg.cc/MGt9r3z1/random-access-files-of-archive.gif   
      
   The rectangle at the top, is a picture of a Windows tool examining   
   the same archive file, and the + signs indicate encryption is present.   
      
   I do not have to unpack hundreds of files, to just extract   
   one of the files by using Archive Manager.   
      
      Paul   
      
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