https://github.com/yashmehrotra/simple-gpg

A simple GPG tool for encrypting and decrypting files
https://github.com/yashmehrotra/simple-gpg

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A simple GPG tool for encrypting and decrypting files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yashmehrotra/simple-gpg
• Owner: yashmehrotra
• Created: 2020-07-12T21:57:28.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-02-25T03:14:55.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-20T22:37:14.144Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 18.6 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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# simple-gpg

A simple GPG tool for encrypting and decrypting files

### Installation

```

go install github.com/yashmehrotra/simple-gpg@latest

```

### Usage

```

A tool to simplify gpg

simple-gpg [args] file

Flags:

  -cipher-algo string

    	Cipher algorithm to be used. Choose one of AES, AES192, AES256 (default "AES256")

  -decrypt

    	Set to true if you want to decrypt a file

  -password string

    	Password to use when encrypting/decrypting

Examples:

# To encrypt a file

$ simple-gpg accounts.pdf

Enter password:

# To encrypt a file with passowrd as argument

$ simple-gpg -password secret-word accounts.pdf

# To decrypt a file

$ simple-gpg -decrypt accounts.pdf

# To encrypt a folder

$ simple-gpg /path/to/folder

Note: When encrypting a folder, simple-gpg uses tar.gz format to compress the folder into an archive

and then encrypts the archive

```