#!/usr/bin/bash
#setting variables for encryption and decryption
echo "What would you like to do?" ; echo "1 Encrypt" ; echo "2 Decrypt" ;echo
read INPUT
if [ $INPUT -eq 1 ] ; then
        read encrypt
        crp=`echo '$encrypt' | gpg --symmetric | base64`
        echo $crp
elif [ $INPUT -eq 2 ] ; then
        read decrypt
        dcrp=`echo -n '$decrypt' | base64 --decode | gpg --decrypt`
        echo $dcrp
elif [ $INPUT -eq 3 ] ; then
        exit 0
        else
                echo "invali choice"
                return
fi
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