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/usr/bin/pinentry

Collection of simple PIN or passphrase entry dialogs which utilize the Assuan protocol

From pinentry 1.3.3-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running pinentry --help (exit 0). permalink

pinentry-curses (pinentry) 1.3.3
Copyright (C) 2016 g10 Code GmbH
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Usage: pinentry-curses [options] (-h for help)

Ask securely for a secret and print it to stdout.
Options:
 -d, --debug                Turn on debugging output
 -D, --display DISPLAY      Set the X display
 -T, --ttyname FILE         Set the tty terminal node name
 -N, --ttytype NAME         Set the tty terminal type
 -C, --lc-ctype STRING      Set the tty LC_CTYPE value
 -M, --lc-messages STRING   Set the tty LC_MESSAGES value
 -o, --timeout SECS         Timeout waiting for input after this many seconds
 -g, --no-global-grab       Grab keyboard only while window is focused
 -W, --parent-wid           Parent window ID (for positioning)
 -c, --colors STRING        Set custom colors for ncurses
 -a, --ttyalert STRING      Set the alert mode (none, beep or flash)

Please report bugs to <https://bugs.gnupg.org>.
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --debugTurn on debugging outputhelp
-D, --display DISPLAYSet the X displayhelp
-T, --ttyname FILESet the tty terminal node namehelp
-N, --ttytype NAMESet the tty terminal typehelp
-C, --lc-ctype STRINGSet the tty LC_CTYPE valuehelp
-M, --lc-messages STRINGSet the tty LC_MESSAGES valuehelp
-o, --timeout SECSTimeout waiting for input after this many secondshelp
-g, --no-global-grabGrab keyboard only while window is focusedhelp
-W, --parent-widParent window ID (for positioning)help
-c, --colors STRINGSet custom colors for ncurseshelp
-a, --ttyalert STRINGSet the alert mode (none, beep or flash)help

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.