1. NAME▲

seahorse-tool - PGP/GnuPG file encryption for the GNOME Desktop

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

seahorse-tool [ OPTION... ]

3. DESCRIPTION ▲

Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys. seahorse-tool allows you to encrypt, decrypt or sign files. It is integrated into the nautilus right-click menu, but can also be used from the command line.

4. OPTIONS ▲

4.1. Help options ▲

  • -?, --help
        Show summary of all options and exit.
  • --usage
        Display brief usage message and exit.

4.2. Application options ▲

  • -i FILE, --import FILE
        Import keys from the FILE.
  • -e FILE, --encrypt FILE
        Encrypt FILE.
  • -s FILE, --sign FILE
        Sign FILE with default key.
  • -d FILE, --decrypt FILE
        Decrypt encrypted FILE.
  • -v FILE, \fB--verify FILE
        Verify signature FILE.
  • -T, --uri-list
        Read list of URIs on standard in.
  • --version
        Show version information and exit.

4.3. Additional options ▲

In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply. See the output of --help for details.

5. VERSION ▲

This man page describes seahorse version 0.9.

6. BUGS ▲

If you find a bug, please report it at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=seahorse.

7. AUTHORS ▲

Jacob Perkins <>

Stef Walter <>

Adam Schreiber <>

This man page was originally written by Michael Mende <> for the Debian system.

8. COPYRIGHT ▲


Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Jacob Perkins
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Stef Walter, Adam Schreiber

9. LICENSE ▲


You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Documentation and help files are covered by GFDL license.

10. SEE ALSO ▲

seahorse-daemon(1),