Re: STDIN script help

[Greg Wooledge <greg_(_at_)_wooledge_(_dot_)_org>]

Matt (mhersant_(_at_)_comcast_(_dot_)_net) wrote:

> I'm trying to get gpg to use the contents of a file for
> symmetric encryption.  The only way I know how is the -"passphrase-fd 0"
> option.  Unfortunately, this makes gpg's input STDIN.  How then, can I
> specify the file to encrypt?  
> 
> prompt> cat phrase | gpg -symmetric -passphrase-fd 0 ????????????????

This comes to mind (untested):

$ gpg -symmetric -passphrase-fd 3 <myfile 3<phrase

Don't ask for the csh version, or I'll just wrap the whole thing in
sh -c '...'.

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