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We can easily encrypt files ( whether it is text file,audio or video file) in linux using the command line program called gpg.

To encrypt file:

To encrypt files using gpg, open the terminal and type the following syntax:

• gpg -c /path to file/filename

gpg is the program we are using to encrypt the file. -c switch is used to create the encrypted file. '/path to file' is the path where the file is located and '/filename' is the name of the file to be encrypted.