mate-seahorse-tool(1)

📦 version 1.18.5, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 mate-seahorse-tool — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so this is mate-seahorse-tool(1) — it lives in the GNOME section of your man pages, and it's about to be your new fave thing, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

mate-seahorse-tool — PGP/GnuPG file encryption for the GNOME Desktop 🐧🔐

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mate-seahorse-tool [ OPTION... ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys — she's the main character, fr fr. And mate-seahorse-tool is the lil' sidekick that lets you encrypt, decrypt or sign files. 💅

it's integrated right into the caja right-click menu (yes, you can just right-click, slay), but bestie — you can also use it straight from the command line. icon behavior. periodt.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Help options

  • -?, --help — shows you a summary of all the options and then dips out. exit, stage left. 👋
  • --usage — prints a brief lil' usage message and then also dips. short and sweet.

Application options

  • -i FILE, --import FILE — imports keys from the FILE. bringing the keys into the group chat. 🔑
  • -e FILE, --encrypt FILE — encrypts FILE. lock it up, bestie. 🔒
  • -s FILE, --sign FILE — signs FILE with the default key. signing off on it, literally. ✍️
  • -n FILE, --encrypt-sign FILE — encrypts and signs FILE with the default key. double duty, highkey iconic. ✨
  • -d FILE, --decrypt FILE — decrypts an encrypted FILE. let her out!! 🔓
  • -v FILE, --verify FILE — verifies the signature FILE. vibe check on the signature. 🧐
  • -T, --uri-list — reads a list of URIs on standard in. 👀
  • --version — shows version info and exits. the receipts. 📜
  • -h, --help — shows help options. (yeah she has two help flags, she's extra and we love her) 💖

Additional options

in addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply, bestie. see the output of --help for details. iykyk. 🌈

⭐ VERSION ⭐

this man page describes seahorse version 0.9.

😭 BUGS 😭

if you find a bug (and not me finding a bug in my own life, a software bug), please report it at:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=seahorse

please be nice to the bug tracker, she's doing her best. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Jacob Perkins <jap1@users.sourceforge.net>
  • Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>
  • Adam Schreiber <sadam@clemson.edu>

this man page was originally written by Michael Mende <debian@menole.net> for the Debian system. legends only. 🌟

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Jacob Perkins
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Stef Walter, Adam Schreiber

🌈 LICENSE 🌈

you are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

documentation and help files are covered by the GFDL license.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay so that's the whole thing, bestie — go forth and encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify. you're literally gonna eat. 💅✨

and that's a wrap on this one, cutie: it's from the seahorse manual, dated May 04, 2006 — yes, an elder, but she still serves. bye bestie, mwah! 🎀💖🦋

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