sq-toolbox-packet-decrypt - Man Page

Unwrap an encryption container

Synopsis

sq toolbox packet decrypt [Options] FILE

Description

Unwrap an encryption container.

Decrypts a message, dumping the content of the encryption container without further processing.  The result is a valid OpenPGP message that can, among other things, be inspected using `sq toolbox packet dump`.

Options

Subcommand options

--binary

Emit binary data

--dump-session-key

Print the session key to stderr

--output=FILE

Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

[default: -]

--recipient-file=KEY_FILE

Decrypt the message using the key in KEY_FILE

--session-key=SESSION-KEY

Decrypt an encrypted message using SESSION-KEY

FILE

Read from FILE or stdin if FILE is '-'

[default: -]

Global options

See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

Examples

Unwraps the encryption revealing the signed message

    sq toolbox packet decrypt --recipient-file juliet.pgp \
    ciphertext.pgp

See Also

sq(1), sq-toolbox(1), sq-toolbox-packet(1).

For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.

Version

0.38.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.21.2)

Referenced By

sq-toolbox-packet(1).

0.38.0 Sequoia PGP