PGPAINLESS...ENERATE-KEY(1)

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version 1.6.9 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 PGPAINLESS...GENERATE-KEY(1) 💖

okay so bestie, this page lives in the PGPainless-CLI Manual and it's all about pgpainless-cli-generate-key, which is literally the glow-up station for brand new secret keys. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pgpainless-cli-generate-key — Generate a secret key 🔑

no cap, that's the whole vibe. you want a secret key? this makes you a secret key. main character energy fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pgpainless-cli generate-key [--[no-]armor] [--signing-only]
[--stacktrace] [--profile=PROFILE] [--with-key-password=PASSWORD]
[USERID...]

like, that's the whole shape of it. flags in the middle, user IDs hanging out at the end, we love a flexible queen 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so um. this section is empty in the original. nothing. it's giving minimalism, it's giving "the synopsis said it all." i'm not gonna make stuff up and pretend it was here, because that would be a lie and lying is not slay. moving on 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --[no-]armor — ASCII armor the output. so if you want your key wrapped up all cute in text instead of raw binary bytes, this is your girl. and --no-armor turns that off if you'd rather have the raw thing ✨
  • --profile=PROFILE — Profile identifier to switch between profiles. give it the profile you want and it'll hop over there 🧚
  • --signing-only — Generate a key that can only be used for signing. that's it. that's the whole entire key's purpose. signing and nothing else, boundaries are healthy 👑
  • --stacktrace — Print stacktrace. for when something goes sideways and you need the full receipts of what happened 😭
  • --with-key-password=PASSWORD — Password to protect the private key with. keep your private key locked up, we stan security 🔐
heads up bestie: this one is an INDIRECT data type (e.g. file, environment variable, file descriptor...). so like, you don't have to slap the literal password on the command line — it can come from other places. indirect, sneaky, iconic 💜

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • [USERID...] — User-ID, e.g. "Alice <alice@example.com>". you can pass more than one, hence the ... — go off, collect them all 🍓

and that's the page, periodt 💖

this was PGPAINLESS...GENERATE-KEY(1) from the PGPainless-CLI Manual, and the footer just says PGPAINLESS...GENERATE-KEY(1) again because the manpage really said "my name is my name." byeee, go make some keys 🎀✨🦋

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