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>