seahorse-tool(1)

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💖 seahorse-tool(1) — the GNOME manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're about to talk about nemo-seahorse-tool, and honestly? it's giving ✨file encryption icon✨. this is the GNOME manual page for it, and i'm gonna walk you through every single crumb. no skimming, no skipping, we're doing the whole thing. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nemo-seahorse-tool — PGP/GnuPG file encryption for Nemo. that's the whole vibe. encryption, but make it Nemo. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nemo-seahorse-tool [ OPTION... ]

literally that's it. you give it options, it does the thing. iconic behavior.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys. and seahorse-tool? that's your bestie that lets you encrypt, decrypt or sign files. 🔐

the way that it's integrated into the nemo right-click menu... yes queen, you can just right-click like a normal person. but it can also be used from the command line, for when you're feeling main character energy in the terminal. 💻✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

💅 Help options

  • -?, --help — shows a summary of ALL the options and then exits. like a lil menu of possibilities. bye after.
  • --usage — displays a brief usage message and exits. short, sweet, to the point. 🍓

🌈 Application options

  • -i FILE, --import FILE — import keys from the FILE. keys coming in, welcome home 🏠
  • -e FILE, --encrypt FILE — encrypt FILE. lock it up, no cap. 🔒
  • -s FILE, --sign FILE — sign FILE with the default key. signature moment, literally. ✍️
  • -n FILE, --encrypt-sign FILE — encrypt and sign FILE with the default key. doing both at once because why not, we multitask. 💖
  • -d FILE, --decrypt FILE — decrypt an encrypted FILE. unlocking the tea. 🔓
  • -v FILE, --verify FILE — verify a signature FILE. vibe check on the signature. 🕵️♀️
  • -T, --uri-list — read a list of URIs on standard in. yes, standard in. we're piping, bestie. 📥
  • --version — show version information and exit. who are you? what era are you from? 💫
  • -h, --help — show help options. (yes, again. it's on the list. we don't question the list.) 🙈

⭐ Additional options

In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply. see the output of --help for details. 👑

fr fr, if you're looking for the deep GTK+/GNOME lore, --help is your girl. go ask her.

🔥 VERSION 🔥

this man page describes seahorse version 0.9. that's the one we're describing. periodt.

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? 😭 please report it at:

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

we love a bug report. it's giving community. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

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

and this man page was originally written by Michael Mende <debian@menole.net> for the Debian system. shoutout to the OGs. 🫡💜

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

protect these names at all costs. 📜✨

🧚 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.

two licenses, one slay. read them, bestie, they matter. 📖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read that one next, iykyk. 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 this one came out of the seahorse source, dated May 04, 2006, and it lives in section seahorse-tool(1). old but gold, and still serving. mwah. 💋✨

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