# How-to ```bash # encrypt .env with paspaspaps password, '' should given if there is a custom char # like !@#$ and friends cat .env | openssl enc -a -A -aes-256-cbc -salt -pbkdf2 -pass pass:'paspaspaps' | tee mybin | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -d -a -A # one line base64 password is in mybin file # last part of the command will check the encryption is OK or NOK ```