Symmetric encrypt many files (batch mode)

Ryan Sawhill ryan at b19.org
Mon Jan 5 06:33:03 CET 2015


Assuming you want to encrypt every single file in a directory tree, your
best bet would be to use the find command. Something like this:

find /SomeDirectory -type f -exec gpg2 --batch --cipher-algo AES256
--force-mdc --symmetric --passphrase-file /FILE -o {}.gpg {} \;

The above will save each file with the same name + an extension of ".gpg".
The cipher-algo & force-mdc options aren't required of course. Just a
personal recommendation.
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