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Linux / Windows Shell Scripting to Unlock PGP File

I have a sequence of scripts which downloads PGP files from a FTP server. I then unzip these files with a private key using PGPKeys. The unzipped files are then picked up by a SQL Server job which appends the data onto our database. I'd like to automate the entire process. Is there anyway to unzip a PGP locked file using shell scripting (either Linux or Windows)?

Solution

  • Yes, GPG. In your case, it's just gpg -d filename (or just gpg -d to read from stdin).

    And, what you probably wanted to say is decrypt instead of unzip and encrypted instead of locked.