SQ(1)

NAME
sq encrypt - Encrypt a message

SYNOPSIS
sq encrypt [OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION
Encrypt a message.

Encrypt a message for any number of recipients and with any number of passwords, optionally signing the message in the process.

The converse operation is `sq decrypt`.

`sq encrypt` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument. It uses the reference time when selecting encryption keys, and it sets the signature's creation time to the reference time.

OPTIONS

  Subcommand options

--binary
    Emit binary data

--compression=KIND
    Select compression scheme to use

    [default: none]

    [possible values: none, zip, zlib, bzip2]

--encrypt-for=PURPOSE
    Select what kind of keys are considered for encryption. 'transport' selects subkeys marked as suitable for transport encryption, 'storage' selects those for encrypting data at rest, and 'universal' selects all encryption-capable subkeys.

    [default: universal]

    [possible values: transport, storage, universal]

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

    [default: -]

--recipient-cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
    Encrypt to the named certificates

--recipient-email=EMAIL
    Encrypt to all certificates that can be authenticated for the specified email address

--recipient-file=CERT_RING_FILE
    Encrypt to all certificates in CERT_RING_FILE

--recipient-userid=USERID
    Encrypt to all certificates that can be authenticated for the specified User ID

--set-metadata-filename
    Set the filename of the encrypted file as metadata. Do note, that this metadata is not signed and as such relying on it - on sender or receiver side - is generally considered dangerous.

--set-metadata-time=TIME
    Set time for encrypted file as metadata. Allows setting TIME either as ISO 8601 formatted string or by providing custom keywords. With `none`, the metadata is not set. With `file-creation`, the metadata is set to the file's creation timestamp. With `file-modification`, the metadata is set to the file's last modification timestamp. With `message-creation`, the metadata is set to the creation timestamp of the message for which the metadata is added. Do note, that this metadata is not signed and as such relying on it - on sender or receiver side - is generally considered dangerous.

    [default: none]

--signer-file=KEY_FILE
    Sign the message using the key in KEY_FILE

--signer-key=KEYID|FINGERPRINT
    Sign the message using the specified key on the key store

--use-expired-subkey
    If a certificate has only expired encryption-capable subkeys, fall back to using the one that expired last

--with-password
    Prompt to add a password to encrypt with. When using this option, the user is asked to provide a password, which is used to encrypt the message. This option can be provided more than once to provide more than one password. The encrypted data can afterwards be decrypted with either one of the recipient's keys, or one of the provided passwords.

--with-password-file=PASSWORD_FILE
    File containing password to encrypt the secret key material.

    Note that the entire key file will be used as the password including any surrounding whitespace like a trailing newline.

    This option can be provided more than once to provide more than one password. The encrypted data can afterwards be decrypted with either one of the recipient's keys, or one of the provided passwords.

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

    [default: -]

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

EXAMPLES

Encrypt a file for a recipient given by email.

    sq encrypt --recipient-email alice@example.org document.txt

Encrypt a file using a certificate.

    sq encrypt --recipient-file romeo.pgp document.txt

Encrypt a file creating a signature in the process.

    sq encrypt --recipient-file romeo.pgp --signer-file \
        juliet-secret.pgp document.txt

SEE ALSO
sq(1).

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

VERSION
0.38.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.21.2)