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gpg Cheatsheet

Key Management​

Generate a Key​

gpg --full-gen-key

List Keys​

gpg -k

List Private Keys​

gpg -K

Export Public Key​

gpg --armor --export [KEY ID]

Export Private Key​

gpg --armor --export-secret-keys [KEY ID]

Encrypting Data​

Symmetric Encryption with AES256​

gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 --output file.txt.gpg file.txt

Decrypt​

gpg --decrypt file.txt.gpg