Symmetric Cryptography 1.2 error, Please help

Hello everyone,

I’ve run into an issue with the exercise, and could really use some help.

Whenever I try to paste the key on the echo " and paste everything…" step, the cursor stops in between the characters, and I can’t type anymore.

It looks like this:

What can I do to fix this? Thanks!

Hey there - I just tested the lab, but wasn’t able to reproduce this issue. I would recommend restarting the lab to ensure you followed all of the preceding steps correctly. I would also recommend making your terminal window larger, so you can see the pasted text in full.

In addition to Ned’s suggestions, you could try typing out:

echo “” > message.base64

Then back key to the center of the two quotes (“”) and paste. Then just hit Enter. Disregard how it may look on the screen.

I’ll give these a shot, thanks!