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GNU Privacy Guard 2 - signature verification only

From gpgv-fips 2.4.9-r13 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running gpgv2 --help (exit 0). permalink

gpgv (GnuPG) 2.4.9
libgcrypt 1.10.2-unknown
Copyright (C) 2025 g10 Code GmbH
License GNU GPL-3.0-or-later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Syntax: gpgv [options] [files]
Check signatures against known trusted keys


Options:

 -v, --verbose                verbose
 -q, --quiet                  be somewhat more quiet
     --keyring FILE           take the keys from the keyring FILE
 -o, --output FILE            write output to FILE
     --ignore-time-conflict   make timestamp conflicts only a warning
     --status-fd FD           write status info to this FD
     --weak-digest ALGO       reject signatures made with ALGO

Please report bugs to <https://bugs.gnupg.org>.
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-v, --verboseverbosehelp
-q, --quietbe somewhat more quiethelp
--keyring FILEtake the keys from the keyring FILEhelp
-o, --output FILEwrite output to FILEhelp
--ignore-time-conflictmake timestamp conflicts only a warninghelp
--status-fd FDwrite status info to this FDhelp
--weak-digest ALGOreject signatures made with ALGOhelp

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