Finding the key-id of an armoured key

[greg@turnstep.com]

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> I need to be able to establish various details about a key (public or 
> secret) that is held as armoured text, preferably without having to 
> import it into a keyring first.
>...
> Any suggestions as to how I can get this information. I'm sure it should 
> be simple, but I just can't see it.

The --dry-run option is nice for this, as well as liberal use of -v and --status-fd:

gpg --status-fd 0 -v -v --dry-run --import pubkey.14964AC8.asc

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200301101423

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