File Encryption

A python script for encrypting and decrypting files run over the command line. The script uses AES encryption. It creates a unique key and initialization vector for each file and further encrypts them.

Table of contents

• Built With
• Prerequisites
• Installation

Built With

• Python 3.8 - The programming language used.
• Cryptography - The cryptography library used.

Prerequisites

What things you need to install the software and how to install them

• python 3

Linux:

sudo apt-get install python3.8

Windows:

Download from python.org

Mac OS:

brew install python3

• pip

Linux and Mac OS:

pip install -U pip

Windows:

python -m pip install -U pip

Installation

To set up virtual environment and install dependencies:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

To encrypt a file:

python encryption.py -e filepath/filename

To decrypt a file:

python encryption.py -d filepath/filename

To access help menu:

python encryption.py -h

For more info on how to run command line scripts in Laravel: How to execute an external/linux/windows commands in laravel 5