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gpg2

GNU Privacy Guard 2. See gpg for GNU Privacy Guard 1. More information: https://docs.releng.linuxfoundation.org/en/latest/gpg.html.
  • List imported keys:
    gpg2 --list-keys
  • Encrypt a specified file for a specified recipient, writing the output to a new file with .gpg appended:
    gpg2 --encrypt --recipient {{[email protected]}} {{path/to/doc.txt}}
  • Encrypt a specified file with only a passphrase, writing the output to a new file with .gpg appended:
    gpg2 --symmetric {{path/to/doc.txt}}
  • Decrypt a specified file, writing the result to stdout:
    gpg2 --decrypt {{path/to/doc.txt.gpg}}
  • Import a public key:
    gpg2 --import {{path/to/public_key.gpg}}
  • Export the public key of a specified email address to stdout:
    gpg2 --export --armor {{[email protected]}}
  • Export the private key with a specified email address to stdout:
    gpg2 --export-secret-keys --armor {{[email protected]}}

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