page	https://idle.run/openssl-encrypt
title	Simple OpenSSL File Encrypt/Decrypt
tags	bash openssl
date	2016-05-06

Two paired CLI scripts which perform very simple AES-256 encryption of any file using openssl aes-256-cbc. A password is required for any encrypt or decrypt operations

encrypt.sh

decrypt.sh

Usage:

$ ls
1.jpg
2.jpg

$ ./encrypt.sh *.jpg
$ ls
1.jpg
1.jpg.enc
2.jpg
2.jpg.enc

$ rm *.jpg
$ ls
1.jpg.enc
2.jpg.enc

$ ./decrypt.sh *.enc
$ ls
1.jpg
1.jpg.enc
2.jpg
2.jpg.enc