classical_cipher

A Python package and command line script for encoding, decoding with classical cipher such as Caesar Cipher, Vigenere Cipher, Affine Cipher, Playfair, etc

Features

• Encoding
• Decoding
• Command line interface
• Test suite
• Only python2 supported

Installation

The latest version can be downloaded via github.

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lzutao/classical_cipher
cd classical_cipher

To install to your local home folder:

python setup.py install --user

Or you want to install system wide:

python setup.py install

Else want to install in development mode, you may use --user flag to only install in your home

python setup.py.py develop

Usage

If you get some error such as ValueError: Attempted relative import in non-package. You should try to run it as module instead of a single python file:

cd /path/to/classical_cipher
python -m classical_cipher/vigenere/vigenere

Note that you should use classical_cipher/vigenere/vigenere instead of classical_cipher/vigenere/vigenere.py

Replace vigenere with other tools if needed.

Testing

Use the following command to test:

python setup.py test

Meta

• Written by @lzutao
• Released under MIT License
• Software is as is - no warranty expressed or implied.