NAME

encrypt - Encrypts a message

SYNOPSIS

encrypt [-o|--output] [-B|--binary] [--recipient-cert] [ --signer-key] [--private-key-store] [ -s|--symmetric] [--mode] [--compression] [-t| --time] [--use-expired-subkey] [-h|--help] [ FILE]

DESCRIPTION

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".

OPTIONS

-o, --output=FILE
Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted
-B, --binary
Emits binary data
--recipient-cert=CERT-RING
Encrypts for all recipients in CERT-RING
--signer-key=KEY
Signs the message with KEY
--private-key-store=KEY_STORE
Provides parameters for private key store
-s, --symmetric
Adds a password to encrypt with. The message can be decrypted with either one of the recipient's keys, or any password.
--mode=MODE [default: all] [possible values: transport, rest, all]
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.
--compression=KIND [default: pad] [possible values: none, pad, zip, zlib, bzip2]
Selects compression scheme to use
-t, --time=TIME
Chooses keys valid at the specified time and sets the signature's creation time
--use-expired-subkey
If a certificate has only expired encryption-capable subkeys, falls back to using the one that expired last
-h, --help
Print help information
[FILE]
Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted

EXAMPLES


Encrypt a file using a certificate 
 sq encrypt --recipient-cert romeo.pgp message.txt


Encrypt a file creating a signature in the process 
 sq encrypt --recipient-cert romeo.pgp --signer-key juliet.pgp message.txt


Encrypt a file using a password 
 sq encrypt --symmetric message.txt

SEE ALSO

For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/>.
sq(1) sq-armor(1) sq-autocrypt(1) sq-certify(1) sq-dearmor(1) sq-decrypt(1) sq-inspect(1) sq-key(1) sq-keyring(1) sq-keyserver(1) sq-packet(1) sq-revoke(1) sq-sign(1) sq-verify(1) sq-wkd(1)