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GNUPG(7)							 GNU Privacy Guard							  GNUPG(7)

NAME
       GnuPG - The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs

DESCRIPTION
       GnuPG  is  a set of programs for public key encryption and digital signatures.  The program most users will want to use is the OpenPGP com-
       mand line tool, named gpg.  gpgv is a stripped down version of gpg with no encryption functionality, used only to verify signatures against
       a  trusted  keyring.   There  is  also  a tool called gpgsplit to split OpenPGP messages or keyrings into their component packets.  This is
       mainly useful for seeing how OpenPGP messages are put together.

SEE ALSO
       gpg(1), gpgv(1),

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