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.TH GNUPG 7 2024-03-04 "GnuPG 2.4.5" "GNU Privacy Guard 2.4"
.SH NAME
.B GnuPG
\- The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs
.SH DESCRIPTION
GnuPG is a set of programs for public key encryption and digital
signatures.  The program most users will want to use is the OpenPGP
command line tool, named \fBgpg\fP.  \fBgpgv\fPis a stripped
down version of \fBgpg\fP with no encryption functionality, used
only to verify signatures against a trusted keyring.  \fBgpgsm\fP is
the X.509/CMS (for S/MIME) counterpart of
\fBgpg\fP. \fBgpg\-agent\fP is a passphrase and private key
daemon which may also emulate the \fBssh\-agent\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgpg\fP(1),
\fBgpgv\fP(1),
\fBgpgsm\fP(1),
\fBgpg\-agent\fP(1),
\fBdirmngr\fP(8),
\fBscdaemon\fP(1)

The full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If GnuPG and the info program are properly installed at your site, the
command

.RS 2
.nf
info gnupg
.fi
.RE

should give you access to the complete manual including a menu structure
and an index.