Command line shell for GnuPG
Project description
Introduction
gpgkeys is a Python program that allows to conveniently manage GnuPG keys and keyrings.
While probably not very interesting in itself, 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 depends on 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 (not shown).
$ gpgkeys gpgkeys 1.8 (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
Note that gpgkeys understands shell pipes and input/output redirects. This allows command lines like:
gpgkeys> export E1F438AD | pgpdump | less
Changelog
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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