rugenere

rugenere is a simple vigenère cipher tool written in rust. It can encode and decode text either from the standard input or a file. It can also write the output to a file.

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Installing

To install this tool just clone the git repository by running the following command (have in mind that this will clone the repository to your current directory).

> git clone https://github.com/bruno-anjos/rugenere.git
> cd rugenere
> cargo build --release

Examples

I made it easier to run this tool by creating a link to the binary in the target directory.

help

Run rugenere with the --help to get helpful information

> ./rugenere --help
rugenere 1.0
Bruno Anjos <bruno.vale.anjos@gmail.com>
Vigenére cipher encoder and decoder.

USAGE:
    rugenere [OPTIONS] <key> --mode <mode>

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -i, --input <input>      file name to read content from
    -m, --mode <mode>        sets mode to encode or decode [possible values: encode, decode]
    -o, --output <output>    file name to write content to

ARGS:
    <key>    key used to encode or decode the content

encode

Run rugenere with the m flag set to encode

> ./rugenere TESTKEY -m encode
THis Is AN exaMPlE
Result: MLal Sw YG iptWTjX

decode

Run rugenere with the m flag set to decode

> ./rugenere TESTKEY -m decode
MLal Sw YG iptWTjX
Result: THis Is AN exaMPlE

with input file

Run rugenere with the i flag followed by the file name

> ./rugenere TESTKEY -m encode -i input_test
Result: MlAL sw hNWl tX IvTQheo

with output file

Run rugenere with the o flag followed by the file name

> ./rugenere TESTKEY -m encode -i input_test -o output_test
> cat output_test
MlAL sw hNWl tX IvTQheo

Built with

• clap - rust library to parse CLI arguments

Contributing

If you detect any bug or find any way to improve the code, please make a pull request or submit an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU License - see the LICENSE.md file for details