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GNU Privacy Guard 2 - public key operations only

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gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.9
libgcrypt 1.12.4
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.

Home: /tmp/.gnupg
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
        CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2

Syntax: gpg [options] [files]
Sign, check, encrypt or decrypt
Default operation depends on the input data

Commands:

 -s, --sign                         make a signature
     --clear-sign                   make a clear text signature
 -b, --detach-sign                  make a detached signature
 -e, --encrypt                      encrypt data
 -c, --symmetric                    encryption only with symmetric cipher
 -d, --decrypt                      decrypt data (default)
     --verify                       verify a signature
 -k, --list-keys                    list keys
     --list-signatures              list keys and signatures
     --check-signatures             list and check key signatures
     --fingerprint                  list keys and fingerprints
 -K, --list-secret-keys             list secret keys
     --generate-key                 generate a new key pair
     --quick-generate-key           quickly generate a new key pair
     --quick-add-uid                quickly add a new user-id
     --quick-revoke-uid             quickly revoke a user-id
     --quick-set-expire             quickly set a new expiration date
     --full-generate-key            full featured key pair generation
     --generate-revocation          generate a revocation certificate
     --delete-keys                  remove keys from the public keyring
     --delete-secret-keys           remove keys from the secret keyring
     --quick-sign-key               quickly sign a key
     --quick-lsign-key              quickly sign a key locally
     --quick-revoke-sig             quickly revoke a key signature
     --sign-key                     sign a key
     --lsign-key                    sign a key locally
     --edit-key                     sign or edit a key
     --change-passphrase            change a passphrase
     --export                       export keys
     --send-keys                    export keys to a keyserver
     --receive-keys                 import keys from a keyserver
     --search-keys                  search for keys on a keyserver
     --refresh-keys                 update all keys from a keyserver
     --import                       import/merge keys
     --card-status                  print the card status
     --edit-card                    change data on a card
     --change-pin                   change a card's PIN
     --update-trustdb               update the trust database
     --print-md                     print message digests
     --server                       run in server mode
     --tofu-policy VALUE            set the TOFU policy for a key

Options controlling the diagnostic output:
 -v, --verbose                      verbose
 -q, --quiet                        be somewhat more quiet
     --options FILE                 read options from FILE
     --log-file FILE                write server mode logs to FILE

Options controlling the configuration:
     --default-key NAME             use NAME as default secret key
     --encrypt-to NAME              encrypt to user ID NAME as well
     --group SPEC                   set up email aliases
     --openpgp                      use strict OpenPGP behavior
 -n, --dry-run                      do not make any changes
 -i, --interactive                  prompt before overwriting

Options controlling the output:
 -a, --armor                        create ascii armored output
 -o, --output FILE                  write output to FILE
 -z N                               set compress level to N (0 disables)

Options controlling key import and export:
     --auto-key-locate MECHANISMS   use MECHANISMS to locate keys by mail address
     --auto-key-import              import missing key from a signature
     --include-key-block            include the public key in signatures
     --disable-dirmngr              disable all access to the dirmngr

Options to specify keys:
 -r, --recipient USER-ID            encrypt for USER-ID
 -u, --local-user USER-ID           use USER-ID to sign or decrypt

(See the man page for a complete listing of all commands and options)

Examples:

 -se -r Bob [file]          sign and encrypt for user Bob
 --clear-sign [file]        make a clear text signature
 --detach-sign [file]       make a detached signature
 --list-keys [names]        show keys
 --fingerprint [names]      show fingerprints

Please report bugs to <https://bugs.gnupg.org>.
Options (314)
OptionDescriptionSource
-s, --signmake a signaturehelp
--clear-signmake a clear text signaturehelp
-b, --detach-signmake a detached signaturehelp
-e, --encryptencrypt datahelp
-c, --symmetricencryption only with symmetric cipherhelp
-d, --decryptdecrypt data (default)help
--verifyverify a signaturehelp
-k, --list-keyslist keyshelp
--list-signatureslist keys and signatureshelp + man
--check-signatureslist and check key signatureshelp
--fingerprintlist keys and fingerprintshelp
-K, --list-secret-keyslist secret keyshelp
--generate-keygenerate a new key pairhelp
--quick-generate-keyquickly generate a new key pairhelp
--quick-add-uidquickly add a new user-idhelp
--quick-revoke-uidquickly revoke a user-idhelp
--quick-set-expirequickly set a new expiration datehelp
--full-generate-keyfull featured key pair generationhelp
--generate-revocationgenerate a revocation certificatehelp
--delete-keysremove keys from the public keyringhelp
--delete-secret-keysremove keys from the secret keyringhelp
--quick-sign-keyquickly sign a keyhelp
--quick-lsign-keyquickly sign a key locallyhelp
--quick-revoke-sigquickly revoke a key signaturehelp
--sign-keysign a keyhelp
--lsign-keysign a key locallyhelp
--edit-keysign or edit a keyhelp
--change-passphrasechange a passphrasehelp
--exportexport keyshelp
--send-keysexport keys to a keyserverhelp
--receive-keysimport keys from a keyserverhelp
--search-keyssearch for keys on a keyserverhelp
--refresh-keysupdate all keys from a keyserverhelp
--importimport/merge keyshelp
--card-statusprint the card statushelp
--edit-cardchange data on a cardhelp
--change-pinchange a card's PINhelp
--update-trustdbupdate the trust databasehelp
--print-mdprint message digestshelp
--serverrun in server modehelp
--tofu-policy VALUEset the TOFU policy for a keyhelp
-v, --verboseGive more information during processing.help + man
-q, --quietTry to be as quiet as possible.help + man
--options FILERead options from file and do not try to read them from the default options file in the homedir (see --homedir).help + man
--log-file FILEwrite server mode logs to FILEhelp + man
--default-key NAMEUse name as the default key to sign with.help + man
--encrypt-to NAMESame as --recipient but this one is intended for use in the options file and may be used with your own user-id as an "encrypt-to-self".help + man
--group SPECSets up a named group, which is similar to aliases in email programs.help + man
--openpgpSet all packet, cipher and digest options to OpenPGP compatible (RFC-9580) behavior.help + man
-n, --dry-runDon't make any changes (this is not completely implemented).help + man + man
-i, --interactivePrompt before overwriting any files.help + man + man
-a, --armorCreate ASCII armored output.help + man + man
-o, --output FILEWrite output to file.help + man + man
-z Nset compress level to N (0 disables)help + man
--auto-key-locate MECHANISMSuse MECHANISMS to locate keys by mail addresshelp + man
--auto-key-importimport missing key from a signaturehelp + man
--include-key-blockinclude the public key in signatureshelp + man
--disable-dirmngrEntirely disable the use of the Dirmngr.help + man
-r, --recipient USER-IDEncrypt for user id name.help + man + man
-u, --local-user USER-IDUse name as the key to sign with.help + man + man
-se -rsign and encrypt for user Bobhelp
--default-recipient nameUse name as default recipient if option --recipient is not used and don't ask if this is a valid one. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-recipient-selfUse the default key as default recipient if option --recipient is not used and don't ask if this is a valid one. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-default-recipientReset --default-recipient and --default-recipient-self. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-verboseReset verbose level to 0. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--batch (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-batchUse batch mode. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-ttyMake sure that the TTY (terminal) is never used for any output. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--yesAssume "yes" on most questions. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--noAssume "no" on most questions. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--proc-all-sigsThis option overrides the behaviour of the --batch option to stop signature verification at the first bad signatures. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--list-filter select=exprA list filter can be used to output only certain keys during key listing commands. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--list-options parametersThis is a space or comma delimited string that gives options used when listing keys and signatures (that is, --list-keys, --check-signatures, --list-public-keys, --list-secret-keys, and the… (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--verify-options parametersThis is a space or comma delimited string that gives options used when verifying signatures. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--enable-large-rsa (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--disable-large-rsaEnable the creation of RSA secret keys as large as 8192 bit. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--enable-dsa2 (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--disable-dsa2Enable hash truncation for all DSA keys even for old DSA Keys up to 1024 bit. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--photo-viewer stringThis is the command line that should be run to view a photo ID. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--exec-path stringSets a list of directories to search for photo viewers If not provided photo viewers use the PATH environment variable. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--keyring fileAdd file to the current list of keyrings. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--primary-keyring fileThis is a varian of --keyring and designates file as the primary public keyring. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--secret-keyring fileThis is an obsolete option and ignored. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--trustdb-name fileUse file instead of the default trustdb. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--homedir dirSet the name of the home directory to dir. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--display-charset nameSet the name of the native character set. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--utf8-strings (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-utf8-stringsAssume that command line arguments are given as UTF-8 strings. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-optionsShortcut for --options /dev/null. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--compress-level n (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--bzip2-compress-level n (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-compressSet compression level to n for the ZIP and ZLIB compression algorithms. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--bzip2-decompress-lowmemUse a different decompression method for BZIP2 compressed files. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--mangle-dos-filenames (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-mangle-dos-filenamesOlder version of Windows cannot handle filenames with more than one dot. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ask-cert-level (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-ask-cert-levelWhen making a key signature, prompt for a certification level. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-cert-level nThe default to use for the check level when signing a key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--min-cert-levelWhen building the trust database, treat any signatures with a certification level below this as invalid. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--trusted-key longAssume that the specified key (which should be given as fingerprint) is as trustworthy as one of your own secret keys. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-new-key-adsk fingerprintAdd the subkey specified by fingerprint as an Additional Decryption Subkey (ADSK) to newly created keys. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--trust-modelSet what trust model GnuPG should follow. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--always-trustIdentical to --trust-model always. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--assert-signer fpr_or_fileThis option checks whether at least one valid signature on a file has been made with the specified key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--assert-pubkey-algo algolistDuring data signature verification this options checks whether the used public key algorithm matches the algorithms given by algolist. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-auto-key-locateGnuPG can automatically locate and retrieve keys as needed using this option. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-auto-key-importThis is an offline mechanism to get a missing key for signature verification and for later encryption to this key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--auto-key-retrieve (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-auto-key-retrieveThese options enable or disable the automatic retrieving of keys from a keyserver when verifying signatures made by keys that are not on the local keyring. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--keyid-format none|short|0xshort|long|0xlongSelect how to display key IDs. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--keyserver nameThis option is deprecated - please use the --keyserver in ‘dirmngr.conf’ instead. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--keyserver-options name=valueThis is a space or comma delimited string that gives options for the keyserver. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--completes-needed nNumber of completely trusted users to introduce a new key signer (defaults to 1). (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--marginals-needed nNumber of marginally trusted users to introduce a new key signer (defaults to 3) (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--tofu-default-policy auto|good|unknown|bad|askThe default TOFU policy (defaults to auto). (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--max-cert-depth nMaximum depth of a certification chain (default is 5). (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-sig-cacheDo not cache the verification status of key signatures. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--auto-check-trustdb (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-auto-check-trustdbIf GnuPG feels that its information about the Web of Trust has to be updated, it automatically runs the --check-trustdb command internally. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--use-agent (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-use-agentThis is dummy option. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gpg-agent-infoThis is dummy option. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--agent-program fileSpecify an agent program to be used for secret key operations. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--dirmngr-program fileSpecify a dirmngr program to be used for keyserver access. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-autostartDo not start the gpg-agent or the dirmngr if it has not yet been started and its service is required. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--lock-onceLock the databases the first time a lock is requested and do not release the lock until the process terminates. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--lock-multipleRelease the locks every time a lock is no longer needed. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--lock-neverDisable locking entirely. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--exit-on-status-write-errorThis option will cause write errors on the status FD to immediately terminate the process. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--limit-card-insert-tries nWith n greater than 0 the number of prompts asking to insert a smartcard gets limited to N-1. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-random-seed-fileGnuPG uses a file to store its internal random pool over invocations. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-greetingSuppress the initial copyright message. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-secmem-warningSuppress the warning about "using insecure memory". (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-permission-warningSuppress the warning about unsafe file and home directory (--homedir) permissions. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--require-secmem (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-require-secmemRefuse to run if GnuPG cannot get secure memory. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--require-cross-certification (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-require-cross-certificationWhen verifying a signature made from a subkey, ensure that the cross certification "back signature" on the subkey is present and valid. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--expert (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-expertAllow the user to do certain nonsensical or "silly" things like signing an expired or revoked key, or certain potentially incompatible things like generating unusual key types. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--hidden-recipient name (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-REncrypt for user ID name, but hide the key ID of this user's key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--recipient-file file (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-fThis option is similar to --recipient except that it encrypts to a key stored in the given file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--hidden-recipient-file file (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-FThis option is similar to --hidden-recipient except that it encrypts to a key stored in the given file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--hidden-encrypt-to nameSame as --hidden-recipient but this one is intended for use in the options file and may be used with your own user-id as a hidden "encrypt-to-self". (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-encrypt-toDisable the use of all --encrypt-to and --hidden-encrypt-to keys. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ungroup nameRemove a given entry from the --group list. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-groupsRemove all entries from the --group list. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--sender mboxThis option has two purposes. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--try-secret-key nameFor hidden recipients GPG needs to know the keys to use for trial decryption. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--try-all-secretsDon't look at the key ID as stored in the message but try all secret keys in turn to find the right decryption key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--skip-hidden-recipients (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-skip-hidden-recipientsDuring decryption skip all anonymous recipients. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-armorAssume the input data is not in ASCII armored format. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--max-output nThis option sets a limit on the number of bytes that will be generated when processing a file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--chunk-size nThe AEAD encryption mode encrypts the data in chunks so that a receiving side can check for transmission errors or tampering at the end of each chunk and does not need to delay this until all data… (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--input-size-hint nThis option can be used to tell GPG the size of the input data in bytes. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--import-options parametersThis is a space or comma delimited string that gives options for importing keys. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--import-filter name=expr (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--export-filter name=exprThese options define an import/export filter which are applied to the imported/exported keyblock right before it will be stored/written. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--export-options parametersThis is a space or comma delimited string that gives options for exporting keys. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-colonsPrint key listings delimited by colons. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--fixed-list-modeDo not merge primary user ID and primary key in --with-colon listing mode and print all timestamps as seconds since 1970-01-01. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--legacy-list-modeRevert to the pre-2.1 public key list mode. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-fingerprintSame as the command --fingerprint but changes only the format of the output and may be used together with another command. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-subkey-fingerprintIf a fingerprint is printed for the primary key, this option forces printing of the fingerprint for all subkeys. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-v5-fingerprintIn a colon mode listing emit "fp2" lines for version 4 OpenPGP keys having a v5 style fingerprint of the key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-icao-spellingPrint the ICAO spelling of the fingerprint in addition to the hex digits. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-keygripInclude the keygrip in the key listings. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-key-originInclude the locally held information on the origin and last update of a key in a key listing. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-wkd-hashPrint a Web Key Directory identifier along with each user ID in key listings. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-secretInclude info about the presence of a secret key in public key listings done with --with-colons. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--force-ocb (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--force-aeadForce the use of AEAD encryption over MDC encryption. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--force-mdc (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--disable-mdcThese options are obsolete and have no effect since GnuPG 2.2.8. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--disable-signer-uidBy default the user ID of the signing key is embedded in the data signature. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-include-key-blockThis option is used to embed the actual signing key into a data signature. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--personal-cipher-preferences stringSet the list of personal cipher preferences to string. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--personal-digest-preferences stringSet the list of personal digest preferences to string. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--personal-compress-preferences stringSet the list of personal compression preferences to string. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--s2k-cipher-algo nameUse name as the cipher algorithm for symmetric encryption with a passphrase if --personal-cipher-preferences and --cipher-algo are not given. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--s2k-digest-algo nameUse name as the digest algorithm used to mangle the passphrases for symmetric encryption. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--s2k-mode nSelects how passphrases for symmetric encryption are mangled. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--s2k-count nSpecify how many times the passphrases mangling for symmetric encryption is repeated. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gnupgUse standard GnuPG behavior. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--rfc4880Set all packet, cipher and digest options to strict RFC-4880 behavior. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--rfc4880bisThis option is obsolete; (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--rfc2440Set all packet, cipher and digest options to strict RFC-2440 behavior. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--pgp6This option is obsolete; (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--pgp7Set up all options to be as PGP 7 compliant as possible. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--pgp8Set up all options to be as PGP 8 compliant as possible. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--compliance stringThis option can be used instead of one of the options above. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--min-rsa-length nThis option adjusts the compliance mode "de-vs" for stricter key size requirements. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--require-complianceTo check that data has been encrypted according to the rules of the current compliance mode, a gpg user needs to evaluate the status lines. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--list-onlyChanges the behaviour of some commands. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--compatibility-flags flagsSet compatibility flags to work around problems due to non-compliant keys or data. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug-level levelSelect the debug level for investigating problems. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug flagsSet debug flags. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug-allSet all useful debugging flags. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug-iolbfSet stdout into line buffered mode. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug-set-iobuf-size nChange the buffer size of the IOBUFs to n kilobyte. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug-allow-large-chunksTo facilitate software tests and experiments this option allows one to specify a limit of up to 4 EiB (--chunk-size 62). (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--debug-ignore-expirationThis option tries to override certain key expiration dates. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--faked-system-time epochThis option is only useful for testing; (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--full-timestringsChange the format of printed creation and expiration times from just the date to the date and time. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--enable-progress-filterEnable certain PROGRESS status outputs. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--status-fd nWrite special status strings to the file descriptor n. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--status-file fileSame as --status-fd, except the status data is written to file file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--logger-fd nWrite log output to file descriptor n and not to STDERR. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--logger-file fileSame as --logger-fd, except the logger data is written to file file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--log-timePrefix all log output with a timestamp even if no log file is used. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--attribute-fd nWrite attribute subpackets to the file descriptor n. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--attribute-file fileSame as --attribute-fd, except the attribute data is written to file file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--comment string (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-commentsUse string as a comment string in cleartext signatures and ASCII armored messages or keys (see --armor). (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--emit-version (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-emit-versionForce inclusion of the version string in ASCII armored output. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--sig-notation name=value (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--cert-notation name=value (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-N, --set-notation name=valuePut the name value pair into the signature as notation data. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--known-notation nameAdds name to a list of known critical signature notations. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--sig-policy-url string (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--cert-policy-url string (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--set-policy-url stringUse string as a Policy URL for signatures (rfc4880:5.2.3.20). (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--sig-keyserver-url stringUse string as a preferred keyserver URL for data signatures. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--set-filename stringUse string as the filename which is stored inside messages. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--for-your-eyes-only (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-for-your-eyes-onlySet the for your eyes only' flag in the message. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--use-embedded-filename (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-use-embedded-filenameTry to create a file with a name as embedded in the data. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--cipher-algo nameUse name as cipher algorithm. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--digest-algo nameUse name as the message digest algorithm. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--compress-algo nameUse compression algorithm name. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--cert-digest-algo nameUse name as the message digest algorithm used when signing a key. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--disable-cipher-algo nameNever allow the use of name as cipher algorithm. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--disable-pubkey-algo nameNever allow the use of name as public key algorithm. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--throw-keyids (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-throw-keyidsDo not put the recipient key IDs into encrypted messages. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--not-dash-escapedThis option changes the behavior of cleartext signatures so that they can be used for patch files. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--escape-from-lines (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-escape-from-linesBecause some mailers change lines starting with "From " to ">From " it is good to handle such lines in a special way when creating cleartext signatures to prevent the mail system from breaking the… (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--passphrase-repeat nSpecify how many times gpg will request a new passphrase be repeated. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--passphrase-fd nRead the passphrase from file descriptor n. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--passphrase-file fileRead the passphrase from file file. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--passphrase stringUse string as the passphrase. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--pinentry-mode modeSet the pinentry mode to mode. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-symkey-cacheDisable the passphrase cache used for symmetrical en- and decryption. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--request-origin originTell gpg to assume that the operation ultimately originated at origin. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--command-fd nThis is a replacement for the deprecated shared-memory IPC mode. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--command-file fileSame as --command-fd, except the commands are read out of file file (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-non-selfsigned-uid (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-allow-non-selfsigned-uidAllow the import and use of keys with user IDs which are not self-signed. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-freeform-uidDisable all checks on the form of the user ID while generating a new one. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ignore-time-conflictGnuPG normally checks that the timestamps associated with keys and signatures have plausible values. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ignore-valid-fromGnuPG normally does not select and use subkeys created in the future. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ignore-crc-errorThe ASCII armor used by OpenPGP is protected by a CRC checksum against transmission errors. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ignore-mdc-errorThis option changes a MDC integrity protection failure into a warning. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-old-cipher-algosOld cipher algorithms like 3DES, IDEA, or CAST5 encrypt data using blocks of 64 bits; (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-weak-digest-algosSignatures made with known-weak digest algorithms are normally rejected with an invalid digest algorithm'' message. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--weak-digest nameTreat the specified digest algorithm as weak. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-weak-key-signaturesTo avoid a minor risk of collision attacks on third-party key signatures made using SHA-1, those key signatures are considered invalid. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--override-compliance-checkThis was a temporary introduced option and has no more effect. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-default-keyringDo not add the default keyring to the list of keyrings. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-keyringDo not use any keyring at all. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--skip-verifySkip the signature verification step. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--with-key-dataPrint key listings delimited by colons (like --with-colons) and print the public key data. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--list-sigsSame as --list-keys, but the signatures are listed too. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--fast-list-modeChanges the output of the list commands to work faster; (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-literalThis is not for normal use. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--set-filesizeThis is not for normal use. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--show-session-keyDisplay the session key used for one message. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--override-session-key string (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--override-session-key-fd fdDon't use the public key but the session key string respective the session key taken from the first line read from file descriptor fd. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ask-sig-expire (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-ask-sig-expireWhen making a data signature, prompt for an expiration time. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-sig-expireThe default expiration time to use for signature expiration. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--ask-cert-expire (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-ask-cert-expireWhen making a key signature, prompt for an expiration time. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-cert-expireThe default expiration time to use for key signature expiration. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-new-key-algo stringThis option can be used to change the default algorithms for key generation. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-auto-trust-new-keyWhen creating a new key the ownertrust of the new key is set to ultimate. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--force-sign-keyThis option modifies the behaviour of the commands --quick-sign-key, --quick-lsign-key, and the "sign" sub-commands of --edit-key by forcing the creation of a key signature, even if one already… (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--forbid-gen-keyThis option is intended for use in the global config file to disallow the use of generate key commands. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-secret-key-importThis is an obsolete option and is not used anywhere. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--allow-multiple-messages (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-allow-multiple-messagesThese are obsolete options; (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--enable-special-filenamesThis option enables a mode in which filenames of the form ‘-&n’, where n is a non-negative decimal number, refer to the file descriptor n and not to a file with that name. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-expensive-trust-checksExperimental use only. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--preserve-permissionsDon't change the permissions of a secret keyring back to user read/write only. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-preference-list stringSet the list of default preferences to string. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--default-keyserver-url nameSet the default keyserver URL to name. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--list-configDisplay various internal configuration parameters of GnuPG. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--list-gcrypt-configDisplay various internal configuration parameters of Libgcrypt. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gpgconf-listThis command is similar to --list-config but in general only internally used by the gpgconf tool. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gpgconf-testThis is more or less dummy action. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--chuid uidChange the current user to uid which may either be a number or a name. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-t, --textmode (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-textmodeTreat input files as text and store them in the OpenPGP canonical text form with standard "CRLF" line endings. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--force-v3-sigs (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-force-v3-sigs (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--force-v4-certs (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-force-v4-certsThese options are obsolete and have no effect since GnuPG 2.1. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--show-photos (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-show-photosCauses --list-keys, --list-signatures, --list-public-keys, --list-secret-keys, and verifying a signature to also display the photo ID attached to the key, if any. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--show-keyringDisplay the keyring name at the head of key listings to show which keyring a given key resides on. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--show-notation (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-show-notationShow signature notations in the --list-signatures or --check-signatures listings as well as when verifying a signature with a notation in it. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--show-policy-url (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--no-show-policy-urlShow policy URLs in the --list-signatures or --check-signatures listings as well as when verifying a signature with a policy URL in it. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--personal-aead-preferences stringThis option is deprecated and has no more effect since version 2.3.9. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--aead-algo nameThis option is deprecated and has no more effect since version 2.3.9. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
Exit status (2) from the manual page
0there are no severe errors
1at least a signature was bad

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