age
A simple, modern and secure file encryption tool.
See age-keygen
for how to generate key pairs.
More information: https://github.com/FiloSottile/age.
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Generate an encrypted file that can be decrypted with a passphrase:
age --passphrase --output {{path/to/encrypted_file}} {{path/to/unencrypted_file}}
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Encrypt a file with one or more public keys entered as literals (repeat the
--recipient
flag to specify multiple public keys):
age --recipient {{public_key}} --output {{path/to/encrypted_file}} {{path/to/unencrypted_file}}
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Encrypt a file to one or more recipients with their public keys specified in a file (one per line):
age --recipients-file {{path/to/recipients_file}} --output {{path/to/encrypted_file}} {{path/to/unencrypted_file}}
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Decrypt a file with a passphrase:
age --decrypt --output {{path/to/decrypted_file}} {{path/to/encrypted_file}}
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Decrypt a file with a private key file:
age --decrypt --identity {{path/to/private_key_file}} --output {{path/to/decrypted_file}} {{path/to/encrypted_file}}
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