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examples generated with gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9 on Linux

path to keyring files

/home/username/.gnupg/

gpg --list-keys

lists public keys on keyring

gpg --list-secret-keys

lists secret keys on keyring

gpg --armor --export mike@yahoo.com > pubkey.txt

export mike's public key in ASCII text to a file named pubkey.txt

gpg --import fredpk.txt

import fred's public key into my keyring (from file fredpk.txt)

gpg -e -r fred@gmail.com file.txt

encrypt file.txt using fred's public key (output file is file.txt.gpg)

gpg -e -u mike@yahoo.com -r fred@gmail.com file.txt

encrypt file.txt using fred's public key, but sign encrypted file with mike's secret key

gpg -d encryptedfile.gpg > cleartext.txt

decrypts encryptedfile.gpg with your private key to a file called cleartext.txt