Decrypt a GPG file through shell script - UNIX It is is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and library. Having the passphrase near the thing that needs to be decrypted automatically is probably not a good idea. How Do I Decrypt A Gpg Private Key? LKML Archive on lore.kernel.org help / color / mirror / Atom feed From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/process: kernel maintainer PGP guide Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:49:17 -0500 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20180130184917.GA32095@gmail.com> () This guide is an . '. Passing a passphrase works fine if GPG is initalized without use_agent=True. After this time a cache entry will be expired even if it has been accessed recently or has been set using gpg-preset-passphrase. Decrypt and encrypt a file using gpg without re-typing the passphrase Pinetry window popup asking me to enter my passphrase, but I am not. You can do this using the get_recipients() or get_recipients_file() methods: >>> ids = gpg. Thanks for your comment, multith3at3d. Similar to the encryption process, the document to decrypt is input, and the decrypted result is output. -key ring directory/filenames must be wrapped in quotes. you can create a new PGP key-pair without a passphrase and use it only for this purpose; That way if the private key is stolen it could only be used to decrypt that one password. Operational GPG Commands (Using the GNU Privacy Guard) 3.1. You will be asked to enter the passphrase used while exporting the john's private.key. gpg --batch --passphrase-fd 0 --output "myoutput" --decrypt "myencryptedfilename" < echo mypassphrase Note: the batch option is required to not have the UI prompt come up.