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openssl-aes-encrypt.sh
# encrypt file.txt to file.enc using 256-bit AES in CBC mode
openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc
# the same, only the output is base64 encoded for, e.g., e-mail
openssl enc -e -aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc
# decrypt binary file.enc
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -in file.enc -out file.txt
# decrypt base64-encoded version
openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in file.enc -out file.txt
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