# stegsnow > Steganography tool for concealing and extracting messages in text files encoded as tabs and spaces. > More information: . - Extract [m]essage from file: `stegsnow {{path/to/file.txt}}` - Extract [C]ompressed and [p]assword protected [m]essage from file: `stegsnow -C -p {{password}} {{path/to/file.txt}}` - Determine approximate [S]torage capacity with line [l]ength less than 72 for file: `stegsnow -S -l 72 {{path/to/file.txt}}` - Conceal [m]essage in text from file and save to result: `stegsnow -m '{{message}}' {{path/to/file.txt}} {{path/to/result.txt}}` - Conceal message [f]ile content [C]ompressed in text from file and save to result: `stegsnow -C -f '{{path/to/message.txt}}' {{path/to/file.txt}} {{path/to/result.txt}}` - Conceal [m]essage [C]ompressed and [p]assword protected in text from file and save to result: `stegsnow -C -p {{password}} -m '{{message}}' {{path/to/file.txt}} {{path/to/result.txt}}`