gpg --delete-keys --yes asks for confirmation

[john doe]

On 8/2/2021 11:02 PM, Yuri Kanivetsky via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ```
> $ gpg --delete-keys --yes 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
> gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.29; Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>
>
> pub  rsa4096/105BD0E739499BDB 2016-11-11 Piotr Kuczynski
> <piotr.kuczynski at gmail.com>
>
> Delete this key from the keyring? (y/N)
> ```
>
> Is this a bug or a feature? If the latter, why? How do I delete a key
> from a script?
>

By using the '--batch' option:

$ gpg --dry-run --batch --delete-keys --yes
7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB


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John Doe