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
alice@example.com
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
alice@example.com
- Export the private key with a specified email address to
stdout
:
gpg2 --export-secret-keys --armor
alice@example.com