How edit a file encrypted with openssl ?


 
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Old 06-18-2012
How edit a file encrypted with openssl ?

i have file encrypted with openssl and i can decrypt and view its content by below code

Code:
openssl enc -d -blowfish -pass file:secret_key -in input_file

now i need to edit the input_file . i have to remove three lines from this file . how can this be done ?
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Old 06-18-2012
decrypt it, edit it, re-encrypt it.
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Old 06-18-2012
actually this is one liner was in some old script which i saw recently.. can you tell me how to encrypt again the decrypted content.. with same pattern
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