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age

List of commands for age:

  • age:tldr:09f4f age: Generate a key pair, saving the private key to an unencrypted file and printing the public key to `stdout`.
    $ age-keygen --output ${filename}
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  • age:tldr:0f6b0 age: Decrypt a file with a passphrase.
    $ age --decrypt --output ${path-to-decrypted_file} ${path-to-encrypted_file}
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  • age:tldr:10aa1 age: Encrypt a file with one or more public keys that are specified in a recipients file.
    $ age --recipients-file ${path-to-recipients_file} ${path-to-unencrypted_file} --output ${path-to-encrypted_file}
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  • age:tldr:4c91e age: Decrypt a file with a private key file.
    $ age --decrypt --identity ${path-to-private_key_file} --output ${path-to-decrypted_file} ${path-to-encrypted_file}
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  • age:tldr:fb6a8 age: Generate an encrypted file that can be decrypted with a passphrase.
    $ age --passphrase --output ${path-to-encrypted_file} ${path-to-unencrypted_file}
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  • age:tldr:fc210 age: Encrypt a file with one or more public keys that are entered as literals.
    $ age --recipient ${public_key_1} --recipient ${public_key_2} ${path-to-unencrypted_file} --output ${path-to-encrypted_file}
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