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paperkey — An OpenPGP key archiver. More information: <https://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/>.
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paperkey command: An OpenPGP key archiver. More information: <https://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/>.Solution
paperkey — An OpenPGP key archiver. More information: <https://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/>.Take a specific secret key and generate a text file with the secret data:
paperkey --secret-key {{path/to/secret_key.gpg}} --output {{path/to/secret_data.txt}}Take the secret key data in
secret_data.txt and combine it with the public key to reconstruct the secret key:paperkey --pubring {{path/to/public_key.gpg}} --secrets {{path/to/secret_data.txt}} --output {{secret_key.gpg}}Export a specific secret key and generate a text file with the secret data:
gpg --export-secret-key {{key}} | paperkey --output {{path/to/secret_data.txt}}Code Snippets
Take a specific secret key and generate a text file with the secret data
paperkey --secret-key {{path/to/secret_key.gpg}} --output {{path/to/secret_data.txt}}Take the secret key data in `secret_data.txt` and combine it with the public key to reconstruct the secret key
paperkey --pubring {{path/to/public_key.gpg}} --secrets {{path/to/secret_data.txt}} --output {{secret_key.gpg}}Export a specific secret key and generate a text file with the secret data
gpg --export-secret-key {{key}} | paperkey --output {{path/to/secret_data.txt}}Context
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