gpg: Go ahead and type your message

[Ryan Sawhill]

Robert is correct that the usual way people run gpg is by passing it
input via a pipe or from a file; however, what you're aiming for is
totally doable. The missing piece you need is the keyboard shortcut:
Ctrl-d, e.g.:

[rsaw:~]$ gpg -ac
Enter passphrase:
Repeat passphrase:
Here is where I started typing my message...
Woooo!
<I pressed Ctrl-d here>
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux)

jA0ECQMImb+Sa0FjCzRg0lABQKbzLKTEWfsbpSQHdaxF78Rxsbas3efTDRHcVIKq
87YFppU4nkhsmB0DUD6cv3ILLF20KTx3/azi0+mJhWfnPdt8t41MFI2NjVTSwThM
wQ==
=BsPC
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
[rsaw:~]$

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Len Cooley <len.cooley at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure this has been a topic of inquiry many times, but I can't seem to
> find useful information about it. I haven't used gpg command line for a long
> time (I actually haven't used gpg much at all in the past few years, as I've
> had a Windows machine, and I just don't trust the OS), but I have gpg on my
> android phone. It utilizes the terminal. When I type in gpg (return) I get
> the message that I placed in the subject line. I'm not really sure what I do
> at that point. If I use Ctrl C, the program terminates. If I hit CtrlZ, I
> think it suspends the program (but I'm not sure).
> Would/could I use this area to type a text message that I would then,
> subsequently, encrypt/sign/save? If so, where could I find a set of basic
> commands to use with this (what appears to be) text editor?
> If this isn't what it's intended for, what's it for? Thanks for bearing with
> me.
>
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