1SQ-SIGN(1) USER COMMANDS SQ-SIGN(1)
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6 sq-sign - Signs messages or data files
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8 Creates signed messages or detached signatures. Detached signatures
9 are often used to sign software packages.
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11 The converse operation is "sq verify".
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15 sq sign [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [FILE]
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18 -h, --help
19 Prints help information
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23 Emits binary data
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39 Signs a message and all existing signatures
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51 Signs using KEY
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55 Chooses keys valid at the specified time and sets the signa‐
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60 Adds a notation to the certification. A user-defined notation's
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68 FILE Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted
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71 # Create a signed message
72 $ sq sign --signer-key juliet.pgp message.txt
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75 $ sq sign --detached --signer-key juliet.pgp message.txt
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79 For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/>.
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81 sq(1), sq-armor(1), sq-autocrypt(1), sq-certify(1), sq-dearmor(1),
82 sq-decrypt(1), sq-encrypt(1), sq-inspect(1), sq-key(1), sq-keyring(1),
83 sq-keyserver(1), sq-packet(1), sq-sign(1), sq-verify(1), sq-wkd(1)
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88 Azul <azul@sequoia-pgp.org>
89 Igor Matuszewski <igor@sequoia-pgp.org>
90 Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org>
91 Kai Michaelis <kai@sequoia-pgp.org>
92 Neal H. Walfield <neal@sequoia-pgp.org>
93 Nora Widdecke <nora@sequoia-pgp.org>
94 Wiktor Kwapisiewicz <wiktor@sequoia-pgp.org>
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980.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0) MARCH 2021 SQ-SIGN(1)