voa-verify(1)

💖 voa-verify — the voa-verify(1) page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, this is the voa-verify(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and we're gonna get through it together, no cap. it's literally just "check that a file is legit using the right verifiers and signatures." iconic behavior. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

voa-verify — verify a file using suitable verifiers and signatures. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🔥

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

voa verify [-o|--output-format] [-v|--verbose]... [-q|--quiet]...
[-h|--help] <OS> <PURPOSE> <CONTEXT> <TECHNOLOGY> <FILE> [SIGNATURES]

so many little flags and then five mandatory args plus one optional one. she's high-maintenance but she slays 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

lowkey the whole point: verify a file using suitable verifiers and signatures. yes queen, confirm that file is real 🔍✨

it returns a status message on stdout. so the good news comes out the front door 💖

⚠️ but listen — if the verification of one or more signature files fails, it returns a non-zero exit code and an error message on stderr. so if your script is like "why did this break," check stderr, she's telling you 😭

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -o, --output-format <OUTPUT_FORMAT> — the output format to use. default is text. 📝 May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_OUTPUT_FORMAT environment variable.

the possible values are:

• json: the JSON output format (for the machines 🤖)
• text: the default text output format (for the girlies 💅)

• -v, --verbose — increase logging verbosity. give me MORE. more words. more logs. 🗣️✨
• -q, --quiet — decrease logging verbosity. shhh 🤫 less noise pls.
• -h, --help — print help (see a summary with -h). cute little cheat sheet 🎀
• <OS> — the OS to verify for. May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_OS environment variable. 🖥️
• <PURPOSE> — the purpose to verify for. May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_PURPOSE environment variable. 🎯
• <CONTEXT> — the context to verify for. May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_CONTEXT environment variable. 🧭
• <TECHNOLOGY> — the technology to verify with. currently only "openpgp" is supported, so don't try anything else bestie 🙈. May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_TECHNOLOGY environment variable.
• <FILE> — the file to verify. yes, that one. 📄 May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_FILE environment variable.
• [SIGNATURES] — the signature to verify a file with. this one's optional (it's in brackets, iykyk) 🖊️ May also be specified with the VOA_VERIFY_SIGNATURE environment variable.

🫶 remember: every single one of those env vars is a whole alternative way to say the same thing, so pick your lane — flag or env var, either works.

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🌈 this was voa-verify from the voa General Commands Manual — it's part of the voa family of commands, and it ate, no crumbs. now go verify something and slay 💜🦋⭐