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**AES Encryption Implementation**: write a program to encrypt and decrypt a file using the AES algorithm. You can implement the functions you need or use the libraries. **AES Encryption Implementation**: write a program to encrypt and decrypt a file using the AES algorithm. You can implement the functions you need or use the libraries.
## Installation ## Installation
This script is made with Python 3.8 and uses the `argparse` and `pathlib` libraries. Ensure that you have [Python 3.8+](https://www.python.org/downloads/) installed in order to run this script correctly. This script is made with Python 3.8 and uses the `argparse` and `pycryptodome` libraries. Ensure that you have [Python 3.8+](https://www.python.org/downloads/) and these libraries installed in order to run this script correctly.
## Usage ## Usage
First, clone this repository to your machine. Open the command line on your machine and navigate to where you cloned this repository. To get help using `cd`, use [this tutorial](https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/02-filedir/index.html). First, clone this repository to your machine. Open the command line on your machine and navigate to where you cloned this repository. To get help using `cd`, use [this tutorial](https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/02-filedir/index.html).
Before running the script, you should know it expects two arguments: Before running the script, you should know it expects one argument:
1. `--file` : provide a path to the file that you want to decrypt 1. `--file` or `-f` : provide a path to the file that you want to decrypt
2. `modality`: either encrypt and decrypt, tells the script which activity you'd like to do
With this in mind, you can run it like so: With this in mind, you can run it like so:
``` ```
$ python index.py --file=README.md encrypt $ python index.py --file=README.md
``` ```
Or like this: It will encrypt and decrypt the file, and print the contents.
```
$ python index.py --file=/home/user/Desktop/secureFile.txt decrypt
```