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  • Generate a public/private key pair! gpg --generate-key

  • Export a public key gpg --output name_of_file.gpg --export email_of_user

  • Import a public key gpg --import name_of_file.gpg

  • Encrypt a file gpg --recipient address@example.com --output encrypted_file.gpg --encrypt name_of_file.txt

  • Decrypt a file gpg --output name_of_file.txt --decrypt encypted_file.gpg

  • Sign and encrypt a file gpg --recipient address@example.com --encrypt --sign name_of_file.txt

The output flag is use the specify the name of the newly created file.

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