Cryptex Syntax

Forward

There are two main ways to use Cryptex's syntax.
I'm going to focus on how you use Cryptex once it is installed first.

Getting help

Say you forget the syntax of a cipher.

1. launch the menu

cryptex

2. Find a short code you want to know more about and use it with no arguments

cryptex cc

This will output all of the options and arguments for the chosen cipher.

Encrypting with Cryptex

1. Encrypting with text on the fly

cryptex cc -e -t "May Walla guide you! " -k 3

2. Encrypting a text file

cryptex cc -e -i example.txt -k 3

3. Outputting an encryption

cryptex cc -e -t "May Walla Guide you! " -k 3 -o example.txt

4. Outputting an encryption from an input file

cryptex cc -e -i example.txt -k 3 -o examplecrypt.txt

Decryption with Cryptex

1. Decryption of text on the fly

cryptex cc -d -t "Pdb Zdood jxlgh brx! " -k 3

2. Decryption of a text file.

cryptex cc -d -i examplecrypt.txt -k 3

3. Outputting a decryption

cryptex cc -d -t "Pdb Zdood jxlgh brx! " -k 3 -o exampledecrypt.txt

4. Outputting a decryption from an input file

cryptex cc -d -i examplecrypt.txt -k 3 -o exampledecrypt.txt

The 'other' way

Back (in my day) before we had an installer for Cryptex we used to have to do the following.

1. Change directory into locally cloned repository /src folder

cd ~/git/Cryptex/src

2. Run main.py

python3 main.py cc -e -t "May Walla guide you! " -k 3

All of the commands in the encryption / decryption sections work this way.