SQ(1)

NAME
sq-decrypt - Decrypt a message

SYNOPSIS
sq decrypt [OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION
Decrypt a message.

Decrypt a message using either supplied keys, or by prompting for a password. If message tampering is detected, an error is returned. See below for details.

If certificates are supplied using the `--signer-file` option, any signatures that are found are checked using these certificates. Verification is only successful if there is no bad signature, and the number of successfully verified signatures reaches the threshold configured with the `--signatures` parameter.

If the signature verification fails, or if message tampering is detected, the program terminates with an exit status indicating failure. and the output file is deleted. If the output was sent to stdout, then the last 25 MiB of the message are withheld (consequently, if the message is smaller than 25 MiB, no output is produced).

The converse operation is `sq encrypt`.

OPTIONS

  Subcommand options

--dump-session-key
    Print the session key to stderr

--output=FILE
    Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

    [default: -]

--recipient-file=KEY_FILE
    Decrypt the message using the key in KEY_FILE

--session-key=SESSION-KEY
    Decrypt an encrypted message using SESSION-KEY

--signatures=N
    Set the threshold of valid signatures to N

    The message will only be considered verified if this threshold is reached. [default: 1 if at least one signer cert file is given, 0 otherwise]

--signer=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
    Require a signature from a certificate with the specified fingerprint or key ID

--signer-domain=DOMAIN
    Require a signature from a certificate where a user ID includes an email address for the specified domain

--signer-email=EMAIL
    Require a signature from a certificate where a user ID includes the specified email address

--signer-file=PATH
    Require a signature from a certificate read from PATH

--signer-userid=USERID
    Require a signature from a certificate with the specified user ID

FILE
    Read from FILE or stdin if FILE is '-'

    [default: -]

  Global options
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

EXAMPLES

Decrypt a file using a secret key

    sq decrypt --recipient-file juliet-secret.pgp ciphertext.pgp

Decrypt a file verifying signatures

    sq decrypt --recipient-file juliet-secret.pgp --signer-file \
        romeo.pgp ciphertext.pgp

decrypt a file using the key store

    sq decrypt ciphertext.pgp

SEE ALSO
sq(1).

For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org/>.

VERSION
1.4.0