Encrypt a string using openssl command line

Question

I have a 16 byte character that I would like to encrypt using openssl into a 16 byte encrypted string.

This encrypted string ( in human readable format ) then nee

Answer 1

Try this:

echo 'foo' | openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt
echo 'U2FsdGVkX1/QGdl4syQE8bLFSr2HzoAlcG299U/T/Xk=' | openssl aes-256-cbc -a -d -salt

Run

openssl list-cipher-commands 

to list all available ciphers.