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sq(1) Sequoia Manual sq(1)

NAME

sq - A command-line frontend for Sequoia, an implementation of OpenPGP

SYNOPSIS

sq [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-f|--force] [--known-notation] <subcommands>

DESCRIPTION

A command-line frontend for Sequoia, an implementation of OpenPGP

Functionality is grouped and available using subcommands. Currently, this interface is completely stateless. Therefore, you need to supply all configuration and certificates explicitly on each invocation.

OpenPGP data can be provided in binary or ASCII armored form. This will be handled automatically. Emitted OpenPGP data is ASCII armored by default.

We use the term "certificate", or cert for short, to refer to OpenPGP keys that do not contain secrets. Conversely, we use the term "key" to refer to OpenPGP keys that do contain secrets.

OPTIONS

Print help information
Print version information
Overwrites existing files
Adds NOTATION to the list of known notations. This is used when validating signatures. Signatures that have unknown notations with the critical bit set are considered invalid.

SUBCOMMANDS

sq-armor(1)
Converts binary to ASCII
sq-dearmor(1)
Converts ASCII to binary
sq-sign(1)
Signs messages or data files
sq-verify(1)
Verifies signed messages or detached signatures
sq-wkd(1)
Interacts with Web Key Directories
sq-keyserver(1)
Interacts with keyservers
sq-revoke(1)
Generates revocation certificates
sq-packet(1)
Low-level packet manipulation
sq-certify(1)
Certifies a User ID for a Certificate
sq-keyring(1)
Manages collections of keys or certs
sq-key(1)
Manages keys
sq-inspect(1)
Inspects data, like file(1)
sq-encrypt(1)
Encrypts a message
sq-decrypt(1)
Decrypts a message
sq-autocrypt(1)
Communicates certificates using Autocrypt

SEE ALSO

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

sq-armor(1) sq-autocrypt(1) sq-certify(1) sq-dearmor(1) sq-decrypt(1) sq-encrypt(1) sq-inspect(1) sq-key(1) sq-keyring(1) sq-keyserver(1) sq-packet(1) sq-revoke(1) sq-sign(1) sq-verify(1) sq-wkd(1)

VERSION

v0.26.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.10.0, using Nettle)

July 2022 sq 0.26.0