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Commands to archive, encrypt and decrypt secret files using gpg's symmetric encryption.
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symmetric-encryption-with-gpg.sh
TAR_FILE="secret-archive.tgz"
DEST_FILE="crypted-secret-archive.tgz.gpg"
# Archive
tar cvzf "${TAR_FILE}" ${SECRET_FILES_PATH}/*
# Encrypt
echo "${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" | gpg --batch --yes --passphrase-fd 0 -o "${DEST_FILE}" --symmetric "${TAR_FILE}"
# Decrypt
echo "${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" | gpg --batch --yes --passphrase-fd 0 --decrypt "${DEST_FILE}" > "${DECRYPTED_FILE}"
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