NAME

gpg-check-pattern - Check a passphrase on stdin against the patternfile

SYNOPSIS

gpg-check-pattern [options] patternfile

DESCRIPTION

gpg-check-pattern checks a passphrase given on stdin against a specified patternfile.

OPTIONS

-v, --verbose

Produce verbose output

--check

run only a syntax check on the patternfile

-0, --null

input is expected to be null delimited

Please report bugs to <https://dev.gnupg.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

This manpage was written by Daniel Kahn Gillmor for the Debian distribution (but may be used by others).