simple gpg password protected file encryption example

Creating the file:

vi passwords.txt

Encrypt the file:

gpg -c -a passwords.txt

and enter a password when prompted, >now delete the original plain text file

rm passwords.txt

Viewing the file:

to view the file with less

gpg -d passwords.txt.asc | less

and enter the password when prompted

Editing the file:

To edit the password file decrypt the file to plain txt

gpg passwords.txt.asc

this will place a plain text file call passwords.txt in the current directory