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SQ-PACKET-DECRYPT(1) USER COMMANDS SQ-PACKET-DECRYPT(1)

sq-packet-decrypt - Unwraps an encryption container

Decrypts a message, dumping the content of the encryption container without further processing. The result is a valid OpenPGP message that can, among other things, be inspected using "sq packet dump".

sq packet decrypt [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [FILE]

Prints help information

Emits binary data

Prints the session key to stderr

Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted

Decrypts the message with KEY

Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted

# Unwraps the encryption revealing the signed message
$ sq packet decrypt --recipient-key juliet.pgp ciphertext.pgp

For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/>.

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JANUARY 2021 0.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0)