@Pete,

I have modified a script and included a confirmation prompt, where the script will only proceed with deleting the original file if the user enters 'y' for yes. If 'n' or any other input is provided, the script will exit without removing the file.

This helps prevent accidental deletions and provides a safer user experience.

I don’t believe it is good practice to create scripts that remove files without pausing to ask permission first. The rm command has a -I option to prompt before deleting files which might be one possibility.

A better option might be to decrypt each encrypted file and compare it to the original before removal. I also suggest considering how unexpectedly the script as presented might operate when given file/directory names containing spaces.

I appreciate what you all do here, and understand the intention was to keep it simple. It’s great to teach scripting, but even better to teach defensive scripting. Feel free to take it or leave it, but that’s my two cents.

#!/bin/bash
echo "Welcome, now you want to decrypt a file/folder?"
echo "Currently I have a limitation. Place me to the same folder, where a file to be decrypted is present"
echo "Enter the Exact File Name with extension and the original filename before the encryption."
read file;
echo "Enter the exact file name before the encryption."
read file2;
gpg -d $file > $file2
echo "I have decrypted the file successfully..."
echo "Now removing the original encrypted file..."
rm -rf $file

gpg -d $file.gpg > decpt.txt try this it will work.