Command line shell for GnuPG
Project description
Introduction
gpgkeys is a Python program that allows to conveniently manage GnuPG keys and keyrings.
It serves as example application and testbed for the development of the rl library. In particular, gpgkeys contains a sophisticated implementation of filename completion which may one day find its way into a standalone package or rl add-on.
Repository Access
gpgkeys development is hosted on github.
Installation
gpgkeys uses the rl library. Since rl contains a C extension, it is a good idea to review its installation instructions and make sure all dependencies are in place.
To install the gpgkeys script, type:
easy_install gpgkeys
Then put it on your system PATH by e.g. symlinking it to /usr/local/bin.
Example Session
Everything in gpgkeys can be tab-completed: commands, help topics, userids, option flags, keyids, filenames, shell commands, and keyserver URLs.
$ gpgkeys gpgkeys 1.11 (type help for help) gpgkeys> help Available commands (type help <topic>): ======================================= EOF del export genkey import lsign refresh shell checksig dump fdump genrevoke list quit search sign clear edit fetch help listsig recv send version Shortcut commands (type help <topic>): ====================================== e ll ls gpgkeys> help export Usage: export <keyspec> Options: --armor --clean --minimal --output --secret Export keys to stdout or to a file gpgkeys> ls Stefan pub 1024R/E1F438AD 1995-10-03 uid Stefan H. Holek (RSA) <stefan@epy.co.at> pub 1024D/355A2D28 2001-11-04 uid Stefan H. Holek <stefan@epy.co.at> sub 2048g/A27E0DBC 2004-10-27 gpgkeys> export --armor E1F438AD > stefan.asc gpgkeys> .ls alice.asc stefan.asc
gpgkeys understands shell pipes and input/output redirects. This allows command lines like:
gpgkeys> export E1F438AD | pgpdump | less
Changelog
1.11 - 2010-05-07
Change an import statement so 2to3 is able to resolve it. [stefan]
1.10 - 2010-05-05
Refactor completions: Extract generic parts into base class. [stefan]
Require rl >= 1.10. [stefan]
1.9 - 2010-03-07
Rename the del command’s –all option to –secret-and-public. [stefan]
Require rl >= 1.6. [stefan]
1.8.2 - 2010-03-01
Fix failing tests under Python 3 on Linux. [stefan]
1.8.1 - 2010-02-25
Restore Python 2.5 compatibility. D’oh. [stefan]
1.8 - 2010-02-25
Support Python 3 via distribute. [stefan]
The –fingerprint option may be given more than once. [stefan]
1.7.1 - 2010-02-13
Depend on rl >= 1.4.1 explicitly so setuptools does not forget to upgrade it as well. [stefan]
1.7 - 2010-02-13
Change license to GPL. [stefan]
1.6 - 2010-01-31
Add –clean and –minimal import/export options to respective commands. [stefan]
Fix –merge-only import option of keyserver commands. [stefan]
Remove the –yes option again since it has no apparent effect. [stefan]
1.5 - 2010-01-26
Remove obsolete –secret option from the import command. [stefan]
Userid completion is now triggered by any kind of quoting. [stefan]
Allow to specifiy command line options after the argument. [stefan]
1.4 - 2010-01-20
Extend the quoting and dequoting API to make it more (re)usable. [stefan]
Dequoting didn’t work right when the default quoting character was single quote. [stefan]
Tildes in quoted filenames could cause quotes to be closed even if the tilde-expanded name matched a directory. [stefan]
1.3 - 2010-01-03
Cut down on infrastructure slack in filename completion. The individual strategies are very small. [stefan]
Remove logging as it clutters up the code. [stefan]
Add an example session to the README. [stefan]
1.2 - 2009-11-24
Extend keyid completion to also complete userids and names. [stefan]
Extract filename completion functionality into functions, as it is useful in other places as well. [stefan]
1.1 - 2009-11-16
Allow to specify the filename quoting style on the command line to ease experimentation. [stefan]
Filename completion: By dequoting early on we can skip a problematic hook and regain control over tilde expansion. Also see rl issue/3. [stefan]
1.0 - 2009-11-08
Initial release.
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