.TH SQ-ENCRYPT "1" "JANUARY 2021" " " "USER COMMANDS" 5
.SH NAME
sq encrypt \- Encrypts a message
Encrypts a message for any number of recipients and with any number of
passwords, optionally signing the message in the process.
The converse operation is 'sq decrypt'.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBsq encrypt\fR [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [\-\-] [FILE]
.SH FLAGS
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Prints help information
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\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-binary\fR
Emits binary data
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-symmetric\fR
Adds a password to encrypt with. The message can be decrypted with either one of the recipient's keys, or any password.
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\fB\-\-use\-expired\-subkey\fR
If a certificate has only expired encryption\-capable subkeys, falls back to using the one that expired last
.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR FILE
Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted
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\fB\-\-recipient\-cert\fR CERT\-RING
Encrypts for all recipients in CERT\-RING
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\fB\-\-signer\-key\fR KEY
Signs the message with KEY
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\fB\-\-mode\fR MODE
Selects what kind of keys are considered for encryption. Transport select subkeys marked as suitable for transport encryption, rest selects those for encrypting data at rest, and all selects all encryption\-capable subkeys. [default: all] [possible values: transport, rest, all]
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\fB\-\-compression\fR KIND
Selects compression scheme to use [default: pad] [possible values: none, pad, zip, zlib, bzip2]
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-time\fR TIME
Chooses keys valid at the specified time and sets the signature's creation time
.SH ARGS
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FILE
Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted
.SH EXAMPLES
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Encrypt a file using a certificate
\fB$ sq encrypt \-\-recipient\-key romeo.pgp message.txt\fR
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Encrypt a file creating a signature in the process
\fB$ sq encrypt \-\-recipient\-key romeo.pgp \-\-signer\-cert juliet.pgp message.txt\fR
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Encrypt a file using a password
\fB$ sq encrypt \-\-symmetric message.txt\fR
.SH SEE ALSO
For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia\-pgp.org/sq/>.
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sq(1), sq\-armor(1), sq\-autocrypt(1), sq\-certify(1), sq\-dearmor(1), sq\-decrypt(1), sq\-encrypt(1), sq\-inspect(1), sq\-key(1), sq\-keyring(1), sq\-packet(1), sq\-sign(1), sq\-verify(1)
.SH AUTHORS
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.RS 2
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Azul <azul@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Igor Matuszewski <igor@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Justus Winter <justus@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Kai Michaelis <kai@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Neal H. Walfield <neal@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Nora Widdecke <nora@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Wiktor Kwapisiewicz <wiktor@sequoia\-pgp.org>