I want to generate a gpg secret key. I run this command as described online however it doesn't complete.
c02xf1nkjgh7 ~ % gpg –-export-secret-keys mykeyid > test.key
gpg: WARNING: no command supplied. Trying to guess what you mean ...
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
Within the help page I see that command doesn't exist.
-s, --sign make a signature
--clear-sign make a clear text signature
-b, --detach-sign make a detached signature
-e, --encrypt encrypt data
-c, --symmetric encryption only with symmetric cipher
-d, --decrypt decrypt data (default)
--verify verify a signature
-k, --list-keys list keys
--list-signatures list keys and signatures
--check-signatures list and check key signatures
--fingerprint list keys and fingerprints
-K, --list-secret-keys list secret keys
--generate-key generate a new key pair
--quick-generate-key quickly generate a new key pair
--quick-add-uid quickly add a new user-id
--quick-revoke-uid quickly revoke a user-id
--quick-set-expire quickly set a new expiration date
--full-generate-key full featured key pair generation
--generate-revocation generate a revocation certificate
--delete-keys remove keys from the public keyring
--delete-secret-keys remove keys from the secret keyring
--quick-sign-key quickly sign a key
--quick-lsign-key quickly sign a key locally
--quick-revoke-sig quickly revoke a key signature
--sign-key sign a key
--lsign-key sign a key locally
--edit-key sign or edit a key
--change-passphrase change a passphrase
--export export keys
--send-keys export keys to a keyserver
--receive-keys import keys from a keyserver
--search-keys search for keys on a keyserver
--refresh-keys update all keys from a keyserver
--import import/merge keys
--card-status print the card status
--edit-card change data on a card
--change-pin change a card's PIN
--update-trustdb update the trust database
--print-md print message digests
--server run in server mode
--tofu-policy VALUE set the TOFU policy for a key
Options:
-a, --armor create ascii armored output
-r, --recipient USER-ID encrypt for USER-ID
-u, --local-user USER-ID use USER-ID to sign or decrypt
-z N set compress level to N (0 disables)
--textmode use canonical text mode
-o, --output FILE write output to FILE
-v, --verbose verbose
-n, --dry-run do not make any changes
-i, --interactive prompt before overwriting
--openpgp use strict OpenPGP behavior
(See the man page for a complete listing of all commands and options)
I also tried doing it through the UI an the file that was generated contained by public and private key. the application that is suppose to use this file complained about that. How else would I be able to generate the secret key?
