SQ(1)

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version 1.5.0 · 6 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 SQ-PACKET-DECRYPT 💅

okay bestie, welcome to sq-packet-decrypt, which is the actual deets-name for the command you probably know as:

sq packet decrypt [OPTIONS] FILE

and yeah this page is pure SQ(1) energy, so buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

sq-packet-decrypt — unwrap an encryption container 🎁

like literally, it's the unwrapper. the opener. the "ooh what's inside" of OpenPGP. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sq packet decrypt [OPTIONS] FILE

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Unwrap an encryption container. 🎀

So what it does is: it decrypts a message, and it dumps out the content of the encryption container without further processing. That last part is important, bestie — it doesn't go off doing extra stuff to your data behind your back. it just opens the box and hands you what's inside. 🙈

And what's inside? a valid OpenPGP message ✨ which you can, among other things, inspect using sq packet dump. iykyk. that's the whole pipeline: unwrap it here, peek at it there. 💅

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

🫶 Subcommand options

  • --binary — emit binary data. raw bytes, no vibes, no formatting, just data.
  • --dump-session-key — print the session key to stderr. yep, the actual key, out loud, on stderr, where everyone can see. do with that what you will, bestie 😭
  • --output=FILE — write to FILE, or to stdout if you leave it out.

[default: -]

  • --recipient-file=KEY_FILE — decrypt the message using the key sitting in KEY_FILE. this is the "hi yes it's me, let me in" option 🔑
  • --session-key=SESSION-KEY — decrypt an encrypted message using SESSION-KEY. for when you already have the session key and don't need a whole key file situation. main character energy ✨
  • FILE — read from FILE, or from stdin if FILE is '-'.

[default: -]

🌈 Global options

See sq(1) for a description of the global options. (yeah, they live over there, go say hi 👋)

👑 EXAMPLES 👑

Unwrap the encryption revealing the signed message. it's giving "peel the wrapper, find the signature" 🍓

sq packet decrypt --recipient-file bob-secret.pgp message.pgp

that's the move. bob's secret key, message dot pgp, boom. 💥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org/>. 🌐 (go read it, it's iconic)

⭐ VERSION ⭐

1.5.0 — periodt. 💅

okay so that's the whole page!! 🎀 this was Sequoia PGP, version 1.5.0, and honestly? obsessed. go unwrap something. 🦋✨

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