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# 2021 CSCI-GA3205 Homework 09
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Author: Vicky Rampin
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## Prompt
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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.
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## Installation
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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.
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## Usage
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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).
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Before running the script, you should know it expects two arguments:
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1. `--file` : provide a path to the file that you want to decrypt
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2. `modality`: either encrypt and decrypt, tells the script which activity you'd like to do
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With this in mind, you can run it like so:
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```
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$ python index.py --file=README.md encrypt
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```
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Or like this:
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```
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$ python index.py --file=/home/user/Desktop/secureFile.txt decrypt
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```
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