ptarjan / viencrypt

A simple script for keeping a file encrypted but still editing it. A common use is for managing a file containing passwords.

A simple script for editing encrypted files

This script simply decrypts the file into a file readable only by you, you edit it in your favorite editor, and then it re-encrypts it and saves the file back where it came from.

I use this to keep track of my web passwords.

Usage :

$ ./viencrypt
No filename specified. Using default passwords.gpg
passwords.gpg doesn't exist. Starting from empty file.
Password: 
<editor pops up and you edit your file. Once you exit it saves it encrypted>

or for any other file

$ ./viencrypt my.love.notes
Password:
<editor pops up and you edit your file. Once you exit it saves it encrypted>

To change your editor (in bash) :

$ export EDITOR=pico
$ ./viencrypt
<now pico pops up>

viencrypt's Issues

Missing license

Hello Paul,

I guess the reuse and sharing of viencrypt is in your sense. I have spend some love to viencrypt but don't like to push it without any, and before I chose one you do not agree, I ask :-)

Regards, Lothar

PS: MIT would be my choice

mktemp requires a `-t` argument on OS X

Check for shred executable is always true

The statement if [ -f which shred ] always evaluates to true for some reason, with the effect that $rm is always set to 'shred -u' even if there is no shred.

Perhaps it would be better to check for the return value of which shred?