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To encrypt a file called <code>myfile.txt</code>: | To encrypt a file called <code>myfile.txt</code>: | ||
Latest revision as of 01:20, 15 January 2021
apt install ccrypt
To encrypt a file called myfile.txt:
ccrypt -e myfile.txt OR ccencrypt myfile.txt
You will be asked for your password twice. The file myfile.txt will be replaced with a file named myfile.txt.cpt.
To decrypt myfile.txt.cpt:
ccrypt -d myfile.txt.cpt OR ccdecrypt myfile.txt.cpt
Enter the password at the prompt. The encrypted file will be replaced with a decrypted myfile.txt.