Mcrypt Cheat Sheet

Important: mcrypt will not delete the original file. So remember to delete it.

Mcrypt Encryption

mcrypt -a blowfish file

Encryption only 

mcrypt -z blowfish file

Encryption + compression with gzip 

mcrypt -p blowfish file

Encryption + compression with bzip2

Mcrypt Decryption

mcrypt -d blowfish encrypted_file

Decryption only 

mcrypt -d -k password -F -q encrypted_file

Decryption + Password + Suppress Output