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".

SYNOPSIS

       sq encrypt [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [FILE]

FLAGS

       -h, --help
              Prints help information

       -B, --binary
              Emits binary data

       -s, --symmetric
              Adds a password to encrypt with.  The message can be decrypted with either one of the  recipient's
              keys, or any password.

       --use-expired-subkey
              If  a  certificate  has  only expired encryption-capable subkeys, falls back to using the one that
              expired last

OPTIONS

       -o, --output FILE
              Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted

       --recipient-cert CERT-RING
              Encrypts for all recipients in CERT-RING

       --signer-key KEY
              Signs the message with KEY

       --mode 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]

       --compression KIND
              Selects compression scheme to use  [default: pad]  [possible values: none, pad, zip, zlib, bzip2]

       -t, --time TIME
              Chooses keys valid at the specified time and sets the signature's creation time

ARGS

       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-encrypt(1),
       sq-inspect(1), sq-key(1), sq-keyring(1), sq-packet(1), sq-sign(1), sq-verify(1)

AUTHORS

         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>

0.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0)                     MARCH 2021                                      SQ-ENCRYPT(1)