Edit key in batch mode

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Hi Ahmed--

On Sun 2017-08-13 00:45:28 +0000, أحمد المحمودي wrote:
> I have gnupg 1.4 installed on my system. I am trying to edit my key in batch mode using the following command:
>
> gpg --edit-key <keyid> --command-fd 0 --status-fd=2  < scr
>
> the contents of 'scr' file is:
> =====
> adduid
> أحمد المحمودي
> aelmahmoudy at users.sourceforge.net
> Ahmed El-Mahmoudy
> =====
>
> so I get the following error:
>
> Invalid command  (try "help")
>
> Can someone help ?

I recommend using GnuPG 2.1 and --quick-add-uid for this purpose.

Regards,

  --dkg