Subcommand options

-B, --binary

Emit binary data

--compression=KIND

Select compression scheme to use

[default: none]

[possible values: none, zip, zlib, bzip2]

--encrypt-for=PURPOSE

Select what kind of keys are considered for encryption. 'transport' selects subkeys marked as suitable for transport encryption, 'storage' selects those for encrypting data at rest, and 'universal' selects all encryption-capable subkeys.

[default: universal]

[possible values: transport, storage, universal]

-o, --output=FILE

Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

[default: -]

--private-key-store=KEY_STORE

Provide parameters for private key store

--recipient-cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

Encrypt to the named certificates

--recipient-email=EMAIL

Encrypt to all certificates that can be authenticated for the specified email address

--recipient-file=CERT_RING_FILE

Encrypt to all certificates in CERT_RING_FILE

--recipient-userid=USERID

Encrypt to all certificates that can be authenticated for the specified User ID

-s, --symmetric

Prompt to add a password to encrypt with. When using this option, the user is asked to provide a password, which is used to encrypt the message. This option can be provided more than once to provide more than one password. The encrypted data can afterwards be decrypted with either one of the recipient's keys, or one of the provided passwords.

--set-metadata-filename

Set the filename of the encrypted file as metadata. Do note, that this metadata is not signed and as such relying on it - on sender or receiver side - is generally considered dangerous.

--set-metadata-time=TIME

Set time for encrypted file as metadata. Allows setting TIME either as ISO 8601 formatted string or by providing custom keywords. With `none`, the metadata is not set. With `file-creation`, the metadata is set to the file's creation timestamp. With `file-modification`, the metadata is set to the file's last modification timestamp. With `message-creation`, the metadata is set to the creation timestamp of the message for which the metadata is added. Do note, that this metadata is not signed and as such relying on it - on sender or receiver side - is generally considered dangerous.

[default: none]

--signer-file=KEY_FILE

Sign the message using the key in KEY_FILE

--signer-key=KEYID|FINGERPRINT

Sign the message using the specified key on the key store

--use-expired-subkey

If a certificate has only expired encryption-capable subkeys, fall back to using the one that expired last

FILE

Read from FILE or stdin if omitted

[default: -]

Global options

See sq(1) for a description of the global options.