sq-dearmor(1)

Usage

dearmor [{-o | --output}] [{-h | --help}] [FILE]

Overview

Converts ASCII to binary

To make encrypted data easier to handle and transport, OpenPGP data can be transformed to an ASCII representation called ASCII Armor. sq transparently handles armored data, but this subcommand can be used to explicitly convert existing ASCII-encoded OpenPGP data to its binary representation.

The converse operation is "sq armor".

Options

-o, --output=FILE: Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted

-h, --help: Print help information

[FILE]: Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted

Examples

Convert a ASCII certificate to binary

 sq dearmor ascii-juliet.pgp

Convert a ASCII message to binary

 sq dearmor ascii-message.pgp

Releases

2 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

11
12

--help since Debian 12 (Bookworm); -h since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

sq(1) A command-line frontend for Sequoia, an implementation of OpenPGP sq-armor(1) Converts binary to ASCII sq-autocrypt(1) Communicates certificates using Autocrypt sq-certify(1) Certifies a User ID for a Certificate sq-decrypt(1) Decrypt a message sq-encrypt(1) Encrypt a message sq-inspect(1) Inspect data, like file(1) sq-key(1) Manage keys sq-keyring(1) Manage collections of keys or certs sq-keyserver(1) Interacts with keyservers sq-packet(1) Low-level packet manipulation sq-revoke(1) Generates revocation certificates sq-sign(1) Sign messages or data files sq-verify(1) Verify signed messages or detached signatures sq-wkd(1) Interacts with Web Key Directories

Referred to by

sq-wkd(1) Interacts with Web Key Directories sq-armor(1) Converts binary to ASCII sq-revoke(1) Generates revocation certificates sq-certify(1) Certifies a User ID for a Certificate sq-wkd-get(1) Queries for certs using Web Key Directory sq-wkd-url(1) Prints the advanced Web Key Directory URL of an email address. sq-autocrypt(1) Communicates certificates using Autocrypt sq-key-adopt(1) Binds keys from one certificate to another sq-keyserver(1) Interacts with keyservers sq-keyring-join(1) Joins keys or keyrings into a single keyring sq-wkd-generate(1) Generates a Web Key Directory for the given domain and keys. sq-keyserver-get(1) Retrieves a key sq-revoke-subkey(1) Revoke a subkey sq-revoke-userid(1) Revoke a User ID sq-keyserver-send(1) Sends a key sq-wkd-direct-url(1) Prints the direct Web Key Directory URL of an email address. sq-autocrypt-decode(1) Reads Autocrypt-encoded certificates sq-key-extract-cert(1) Converts a key to a cert sq-key-userid-strip(1) Strips a User ID sq-revoke-certificate(1) Revoke a certificate sq-autocrypt-encode-sender(1) Encodes a certificate into an Autocrypt header sq-key-attest-certifications(1) Attests to third-party certifications