Sidebar 1 : Useful Commands
PGP Message Processing Commands
Command Use
pgp -e textfile her_userid To encrypt a plaintext file
with recipient's public key.
pgp -e user_id1 user_id2 user_id3 . . . To encrypt a
plaintext file for
multiple recipients.
pgp -s textfile [-u your_userid] To sign a plaintext file
with
your secret key.
pgp -esta textfile her_userid [-u your_userid] To sign a
plaintext file with
your secret key, and then encrypt it with recipient's public
key, and produce ASCII output.
pgp -c textfile To encrypt a file with conventional
encryption only.
PGP Key Management Commands
Command Use
pgp -kg To generate your own public/secret key pair.
pgp -ka keyfile [keyring] To add a key file's contents to
your public or secret key ring.
pgp -kr userid [keyring] To remove a key or a user ID
from your public or secret key ring.
pgp -ke your_userid [keyring] To edit your user ID or
pass phrase.
pgp -kx userid keyfile [keyring] To extract (copy) a key
from your public or secret key ring.
pgp -kx your_userid [keyring] To extract an ASCII output
of your public key.
pgp -kv [userid] [keyring] To view the contents of your
public key ring.
pgp -kvv [userid] [keyring] To view the contents and
signatures of your public key ring.
pgp -kc [userid] [keyring] To view the contents,
signatures, and trust levels on your public key ring.
pgp -kvc [userid] [keyring] To view the fingerprint of a
public key.
pgp -ke [userid] [keyring] To add a new userid to your
public key, change your passphrase, or to edit the trust parameters
for another public key.<>
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