Examine a key file

[David Shaw]

On Nov 15, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Scott Lambdin wrote:

>  
> Greetings:
>  
>      If I have a base 64 exported PGP key, how can I extract the descriptive data about the key without importing it?
>  
>      I just want to see this stuff:
>  
> pub   1024D/B00BFACE 2010-10-11
> uid                  SOMEPLACE <Snick at thyservice.com>
> sub   1024g/68EEEE20 2010-10-11

Just run gpg on the file (i.e. "gpg my-base-64-exported-key.asc").  No special arguments needed.

David