$ openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -in hp.txt -out hp_aes_256_cbc.txt -a enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: {Your birthday in yyyymmdd} Verifying - enter aes-256-cbc encryption password: $ cat hp_aes_256_cbc.txt U2FsdGVkX1/ybsnIb6CbQytm/9kI024J2waBTe2AZD/rErK5P8sg1N/ke9oMuNx8