---
name: "pgpring"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "signing-party"
version: "2.11-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pgpring"
---

# pgpring(1)

key ring dumper

## NAME

pgpring - key ring dumper

## SYNTAX

**pgpring** \[ **-k** *keyring* \| **-2** \| **-5** \] \[ **-s** \] \[ **-S** \] \[ **-e** \] \[ **-E** \]

## DESCRIPTION

*pgpring* is a key ring dumper.  It extracts information from PGP's binary key ring and emits it in an (almost) readable output format understood by [**mutt**(1)](/mutt/1.md) and [**process\_keys**(1)](/process_keys/1.md). This output format mimics the one used by the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG).

## OPTIONS

- **-k** *keyring*

  Dump the contents of the specified keyring.

- **-2**

  Use the default keyring for PGP 2.x.

- **-5**

  Use the default keyring for PGP 5.

- **-s**

  Dump the secret keyring.

- **-S**

  Include signatures.

- **-e**

  Exclude expired signatures.

- **-E**

  Exclude expired keys.

## AUTHORS

Thomas Roessler \<roessler@does-not-exist.org\>