decrypting a file with passphrase in the command as an option

[Werner Koch]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:11, jjabour at nshs.edu said:

> <enter>
> please enter passphrase> ******
> and it works
> I would like to put the passphrase in the command so I wont be prompted for
> it.  Can this be done?

Yes, the option is descriped in the man page.  But before you do that
you should think about it.  It is in almost all cases better to remove
the passphrase from the key. 

We have this question here every few weeks.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner