---
name: "pgpainless-cli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pgpainless-cli"
version: "1.6.9-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pgpainless-cli"
---

# pgpainless-cli(1)

Stateless OpenPGP Protocol

## NAME

pgpainless-cli - Stateless OpenPGP Protocol

## SYNOPSIS

**pgpainless-cli** \[**--stacktrace**\] \[COMMAND\]

## DESCRIPTION

## OPTIONS

- **--stacktrace**

  Print stacktrace

## COMMANDS

**version**

Display version information about the tool

**list-profiles**

Emit a list of profiles supported by the identified subcommand

**generate-key**

Generate a secret key

**change-key-password**

Update the password of a key

**revoke-key**

Generate revocation certificates

**extract-cert**

Extract a public key certificate from a secret key

**sign**

Create a detached message signature

**verify**

Verify a detached signature

**encrypt**

Encrypt a message from standard input

**decrypt**

Decrypt a message

**inline-detach**

Split signatures from a clearsigned message

**inline-sign**

Create an inline-signed message

**inline-verify**

Verify an inline-signed message

**armor**

Add ASCII Armor to standard input

**dearmor**

Remove ASCII Armor from standard input

**help**

Stateless OpenPGP Protocol

**generate-completion**

Stateless OpenPGP Protocol

## EXIT CODES:

**0**

Successful program execution

**1**

Generic program error

**3**

Verification requested but no verifiable signature found

**13**

Unsupported asymmetric algorithm

**17**

Certificate is not encryption capable

**19**

Usage error: Missing argument

**23**

Incomplete verification instructions

**29**

Unable to decrypt

**31**

Password is not human-readable

**37**

Unsupported Option

**41**

Invalid data or data of wrong type encountered

**53**

Non-text input received where text was expected

**59**

Output file already exists

**61**

Input file does not exist

**67**

Cannot unlock password protected secret key

**69**

Unsupported subcommand

**71**

Unsupported special prefix (e.g. "@ENV/@FD") of indirect parameter

**73**

Ambiguous input (a filename matching the designator already exists)

**79**

Key is not signing capable

**83**

Options were supplied that are incompatible with each other

**89**

The requested profile is unsupported, or the indicated subcommand does not accept profiles