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.TH decrypt 1 "July 2022" "sq 0.26.0" "Sequoia Manual"
.SH NAME
decrypt \- Unwraps an encryption container
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdecrypt\fR [\fB\-o\fR|\fB\-\-output\fR] [\fB\-B\fR|\fB\-\-binary\fR] [\fB\-\-recipient\-key\fR] [\fB\-\-private\-key\-store\fR] [\fB\-\-session\-key\fR] [\fB\-\-dump\-session\-key\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fIFILE\fR] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
Unwraps an encryption container
.PP
Decrypts a message, dumping the content of the encryption container
without further processing.  The result is a valid OpenPGP message
that can, among other things, be inspected using "sq packet dump".
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-binary\fR
Emits binary data
.TP
\fB\-\-recipient\-key\fR=\fIKEY\fR
Decrypts the message with KEY
.TP
\fB\-\-private\-key\-store\fR=\fIKEY_STORE\fR
Provides parameters for private key store
.TP
\fB\-\-session\-key\fR=\fISESSION\-KEY\fR
Decrypts an encrypted message using SESSION\-KEY
.TP
\fB\-\-dump\-session\-key\fR
Prints the session key to stderr
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help information
.TP
[\fIFILE\fR]
Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted
.SH EXAMPLES
 Unwraps the encryption revealing the signed message
.PP
.nf
.RS
 sq packet decrypt \-\-recipient\-key juliet.pgp ciphertext.pgp
.RE
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia\-pgp.org/sq/>.
.PP
sq(1)
sq\-armor(1)
sq\-autocrypt(1)
sq\-certify(1)
sq\-dearmor(1)
sq\-decrypt(1)
sq\-encrypt(1)
sq\-inspect(1)
sq\-key(1)
sq\-keyring(1)
sq\-keyserver(1)
sq\-packet(1)
sq\-packet\-dump(1)
sq\-packet\-join(1)
sq\-packet\-split(1)
sq\-revoke(1)
sq\-sign(1)
sq\-verify(1)
sq\-wkd(1)