Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Encrypting files with GnuPG

Generate a key pair
# gpg --gen-key

List public keys
# gpg --list-keys

Export a public key
# gpg -o  mykey.key  --export  --armor key-id

Import a public key
# gpg --import file.key

Encrypt a file
# gpg --encrypt  --armor -r  key-id  <file>

Decrypt a file
# gpg --decrypt  <file>

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