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A few of the options for config.txt

[Macro error: Can't compile this script because of a syntax error.] Many of the pgp options act on a User Id field. It is not necessary to enter the entire User ID each time you want to invoke such commands. PGP is intelligent in that it will search for a match based on the keys stored in your ring. For instance, typing "endler" as the User ID when I signed my key was enough for PGP to recognize the full ID: David Endler <[email protected]>. In addition to pattern matching, PGP can also refer to User IDs in terms of a Key Id. Notice that when I type pgp -kv to look at my public keys, I see my Key ID C778F0ED: Almost all of these commands can be found online simply by looking at the man page or typing pgp -h or pgp -k. Note: To produce output in ASCII for email, add the -a option to other options. Commands in brackets are optional.

PGP Message Processing Commands

Command	Use
`pgp -e textfile her_userid`	To encrypt a plaintext file with recipient's public key.
`pgp -e user_id1 user_id2 user_id3 . . .`	To encrypt a plaintext file for multiple recipients.
`pgp -s textfile [-u your_userid]`	To sign a plaintext file with your secret key.
`pgp -esta textfile her_userid [-u your_userid]`	To sign a plaintext file with your secret key, and then encrypt it with recipient's public key, and produce ASCII output.
`pgp -c textfile`	To encrypt a file with conventional encryption only.

PGP Key Management Commands

Command	Use
`pgp -kg`	To generate your own public/secret key pair.
`pgp -ka keyfile [keyring]`	To add a key file's contents to your public or secret key ring.
`pgp -kr userid [keyring]`	To remove a key or a user ID from your public or secret key ring.
`pgp -ke your_userid [keyring]`	To edit your user ID or pass phrase.
`pgp -kx userid keyfile [keyring]`	To extract (copy) a key from your public or secret key ring.
`pgp -kx your_userid [keyring]`	To extract an ASCII output of your public key.
`pgp -kv [userid] [keyring]`	To view the contents of your public key ring.
`pgp -kvv [userid] [keyring]`	To view the contents and signatures of your public key ring.
`pgp -kc [userid] [keyring]`	To view the contents, signatures, and trust levels on your public key ring.
`pgp -kvc [userid] [keyring]`	To view the fingerprint of a public key.
`pgp -ke [userid] [keyring]`	To add a new userid to your public key, change your passphrase, or to edit the trust parameters for another public key.
`pgp -d their_user_id`	To reenable or disable a public key on your public key ring.
`pgp -d your_id`	To permanently revoke your own key creating a key compromise certificate.
`pgp -ks her_userid [-u your_userid] [keyring]`	To sign someone else's public key on your public key ring.
`pgp -krs userid [keyring]`	To remove selected signatures from a userid on a keyring.
`pgp -km`	To display the "web of trust" of your public key ring.

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