sshcrypt.sh

#!/bin/sh

BACKUP_NAME=dot-ssh-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).tar.gz

echo "[*] compressing ~/.ssh/ to ./$BACKUP_NAME"
tar czf $BACKUP_NAME ~/.ssh

echo "[*] the following files were backed up"
tar -tvf $BACKUP_NAME

echo "[*] encrypting the archive using des3"
openssl enc -des3 -in $BACKUP_NAME -out $BACKUP_NAME.enc

echo "[*] removing unencrypted archive"
rm -v $BACKUP_NAME

echo "[*] take note: use the following command to decrypt the file"
echo "openssl enc -des3 -d -in $BACKUP_NAME.enc > $BACKUP_NAME"