7-Zip command to create and extract a password-protected ZIP file on Linux

Cuando necesitemos de comprimir archivos protegidos usando zip

zip -P password -r encrypted.zip folderIWantToZip

para descomprimir

unzip -P password encrypted.zip

Para descomprimir usando 7z usamos

7z a secure.7z * -pSECRET

Donde  

7z:      name and path of 7-Zip executable
a:        add to archive
secure.7z:    name of destination archive
*:    add all files from current directory to destination archive
-pSECRET: specify the password "SECRET"