Passphrase as parameter in the command line

[Stefan Bellon]

"ritter, horst (EDS CH)" <horst.ritter-eds@eds.com> wrote:

> I have been looking for weeks for a solution to the following problem.

... but neither on this mailing list nor in the archives nor with
Google:

http://www.google.com/search?q=gpg+passphrase+argument

and then the first link.

> How can I give gpg the passphrase as parameter in the commandline to
> decrypt files, instead to type it in after GPG's request?

echo "my_secret_passphrase" | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --foo --bar

Greetings,

Stefan.

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