Identity

Property	Value
Binary	`age`, `age-keygen`
Config	No persistent config — invoked directly
Logs	No persistent logs — output to terminal
Type	CLI tool
Install	`apt install age` / `dnf install age`

Key Operations

Task	Command
Generate a new keypair	`age-keygen -o ~/.age/key.txt`
Show public key from a key file	`age-keygen -y ~/.age/key.txt`
Encrypt a file to a recipient	`age -r age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac97 -o encrypted.age plaintext.txt`
Encrypt to self (using your own key file)	`age -R ~/.age/key.txt -o encrypted.age plaintext.txt`
Decrypt a file	`age -d -i ~/.age/key.txt -o plaintext.txt encrypted.age`

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