!AES CLI Screenshot

AES CLI

An example of how one might encrypt/decrypt files using node.

Code for this companion article: Encrypting Files With Node.

:exclamation: Important

This code is adapted from the original. The original repo can be found here: https://github.com/bbstilson/node-encryption

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#### Added

- Add Node bin and Shebang to use as CLI tool. - F1LT3R
- Add linting inputs and vscode settings. - F1LT3R
- Add password, and password verification input. - F1LT3R

Installation

``shell
npm install
`

Usage

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1. From your shell: aes encrypt test.txt
2. You will be prompted for a password, and password verification.
3. You will now see test.txt.enc. This is the encrypted data.
4. You can delete the original file, if you like.

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1. From your shell: aes decrypt test.txt
2. You will be prompted for a password, and password verification.
3. You will now see test.txt.unenc. This file will be identical to the original.
4. You can rename this file back to test.txt`.