A simple command line tool that encrypts and decrypts files using AES encryption and stores the key in a separate file.
In order to run the script successfully, pycryptodome library need to be installed.
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You can install it using pip by running the following command in your terminal or command prompt:
pip3 install pycryptodome
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If you are using python3 or newer version, use this instead:
pip install pycryptodome
The tool can be used to encrypt and decrypt files. By default, it will encrypt a file, but you can use the -d or --decrypt option to decrypt a file.
To encrypt a file:
python aes_file_encryption.py <file_path> <key_path>To decyrpt a file:
python aes_file_encryption.py -d <file_path> <key_path>The file_path argument is the path to the file you want to encrypt/decrypt. The key_path argument is the path to the file where the key will be stored/read from.
The tool will encrypt the file and store the encrypted version with the ".aes" extension. The original file will be deleted.
When decrypting a file, the decrypted version of the file will be stored in the same directory as the original file, but without the ".aes" extension.
python aes_file_encryption.py documents/sample.txt keys sample.keyThis command will encrypt the file "sample.txt" located in the "documents" directory and store the key in a file called "sample.key" located in the "keys" directory.
python aes_file_encryption.py -d documents/sample.txt.aes keys/sample.keyThis command will decrypt the file "sample.txt.aes" located in the "documents" directory using the key stored in "sample.key" located in the "keys" directory.
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This tool is intended for legitimate and legal use only. Any unauthorized use of this tool is strictly prohibited.
This tool is based on pycrypto library, you can find more information about it in their website https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/