gpg2

GNU Privacy Guard 2.

See `gpg` for GNU Privacy Guard 1.

• List imported keys:

gpg2 --list-keys

• Encrypt a specified file for a specified recipient, writing the output to a new file with `.gpg` appended:

gpg2 --encrypt --recipient {alice@example.com} {path/to/doc.txt}

• Encrypt a specified file with only a passphrase, writing the output to a new file with `.gpg` appended:

gpg2 --symmetric {path/to/doc.txt}

• Decrypt a specified file, writing the result to the standard output:

gpg2 --decrypt {path/to/doc.txt.gpg}

• Import a public key:

gpg2 --import {path/to/public_key.gpg}

• Export the public key of a specified email address to the standard output:

gpg2 --export --armor {alice@example.com}

• Export the private key with a specified email address to the standard output:

gpg2 --export-secret-keys --armor {alice@example.com}

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