---
name: "pgpgpg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pgpgpg"
version: "0.13-12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pgpgpg"
---

# pgpgpg(1)

wrapper around Gnu Privacy Guard that takes Pretty Good Privacy command line options

## NAME

pgpgpg - wrapper around Gnu Privacy Guard that takes Pretty Good Privacy  command line options

## SYNOPSIS

**pgpgpg \[*options*\] *pgpfile***

**pgpgpg -e \[*options*\] *file user* ...**

## DESCRIPTION

**PGPGPG** is a wrapper that allows calls to  **GnuPG** (Gnu Privacy Guard) using the command line options of .PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). **PGP** and **GnuPG** are encryption programs with high security encryption engines.  However,  **PGP** is available without a fee but is not really free software.  **GnuPG**  on  the   other  hand  is  really free software and has additionally features but  with a different command line syntax than PGP.

The  goal  of **pgpgpg** is to plug in a command line syntax in front of **GnuPG** equal to **PGP** 2.6.

## OPTIONS

The following options are supported by **pgpgpg** notice that long options do not use the usual GNU syntax (--) but, instead are of the form **+option\[=value\]**.

- \-e

  Encrypt a plaintext file.

- \-d, -p

  Decrypt a plaintext file.

- \-s

  Sign a plaintext file.\
   **pgpgpg -s file \[-u userid\]**

- \-sb

  Create a separate signature certificate (a **.sig** file) for a given file.\
   **pgpgpg -sb file \[-u userid\]**

- \-c

  Use conventional cryptography when encrypting.

- \-o

  Output to the file specified. Should only be used for encryption, decryption and signature operations (not for key management).

- \-a, +armor

  ASCII armor the output file.

- \-u, +myname

  Select the userid to use for some operations.

- \-kg

  Generate a unique public/secret pair.

- \-ka

  Add a public or secret key to your key ring.\
   **pgpgpg -ka keyfile \[keyring\]**

- \-kx

  Extract a copy from your public or secret keyring.\
   **pgpgpg -kx\[a\] userid keyfile \[keyring\]**

- \-kv

  View the contents of your keyring.\
   **pgpgpg -kv\[v\] \[userid\] \[keyring\]**

- \-kvc

  View a key fingerprint.\
   **pgpgpg -kvc \[userid\] \[keyring\]**

- \-kr

  Remove a key from your keyring.\
   **pgpgpg -kr userid \[keyring\]**

- \-kd

  If acting on your secret key, permanently revoke a key and issue  a compromise certificate. If acting on a public key, disable or reenable a key.\
   **pgpgpg -kd userid**

- \-ke

  Edit trust parameters for a public key or edit the pass phrase or add a userid to a secret key.\
   **pgpgpg -ke userid \[keyring\]**

- \-kc

  View the contents and check the certifying signatures of your public key ring.\
   **pgpgpg -kc \[userid\] \[keyring\]**

- \-ks

  Sign and certify someone's public key.\
   **pgpgpg -ks userid \[-u userid\] \[keyring\]**

The following options are ignored or unsupported:  **++armorlines**, **+autosign**, **+bakring**,  **+interactive**, **+keepbinary**, **+language**, **+legal\_kludge**, **+nomanual**, **+pager**, **+randseed**, **+tmp** and **+tzfix**.

## BUGS

**PGPGPG** does not currently provide an online help (**-h** or **-?**) and will not show a summary of commands, as PGP does, when typing:\
 **pgp -k**

The following options are not documented (yet): **+batchmode**, **+cert\_depth**, **+charset**, **+encrypttoself**,  **+force**, **+clearsig**, **+comment**, **+completes\_needed**,  **+compress**, **+marginals\_needed**, **+pubring**, **+secring**, **+textmode** and **+verbose**.

## AUTHORS

**PGP** was originally written by Philip R. Zimmermann.  **PGPGPG** was written by Michael Roth.

This manpage was written by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino for the Debian distribution (but may be used by others) by glancing at **PGP**'s manpage and the source code from **PGPGPG** (pgpopts.c)