How to Encrypt .txt & send it as data url

 how to encrypt a txt

on a mac using terminal to encrypt then in shortcuts app converting it to data url.

the file i made is on desktop called YOURFILE.txt

run this in the terminal:

openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -in YOURFILE.txt -out encrypted_YOURFILE.txt.enc

• it asks for a password enter it
• delete the original using the command

shred -u YOURFILE.txt

to decrypt the file:

openssl aes-256-cbc -d -in encrypted_YOURFILE.txt.enc -out decrypted_YOURFILE.txt

REMOVE AFTER: >>

shred -u decrypted_YOURFILE.txt

TO DECRYPT

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openssl aes-256-cbc -d -in YOURFILE.txt.enc -out YOURFILE.txt

How to encode it as a data url using shortcut

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• select files
• encode file with base64
• text box with this inside it:

data:application/octet-stream;base64,<urBase64filegoeshere>

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