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simple-file-cryptography
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pip install simple-file-cryptography
simple-file-cryptography
is distributed under the terms of the Apache-2.0 license.
Activate the GUI:
python -m "simple_file_cryptography" -g
Generate a key:
python -m "simple_file_cryptography" -kg
Encrypt a file:
python -m "simple_file_cryptography" -m encrypt -k "c2ebbce1532c050164ff9edc28fa4ee5" -i "some_file.txt" -o "some_file.txt.enc"
Encrypt a file with automatically generated key (key will be printed out):
python -m "simple_file_cryptography" -m encrypt -kg -i "some_file.txt" -o "some_file.txt.enc"
Decrypt a file:
python -m "simple_file_cryptography" -m decrypt -k "c2ebbce1532c050164ff9edc28fa4ee5" -i "some_file.txt.enc" -o "some_file.txt"
To encrypt or decrypt with Python code, use functions provided in simple_file_cryptography.crypto_utility
module.
from simple_file_cryptography.crypto_utility import decrypt_file, encrypt_file, generate_key
key = generate_key()
encrypt_file("in.txt", "in.txt.enc", key)
decrypt_file("in.txt.enc", "out.txt", key)
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We found that simple-file-cryptography demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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