.TH SQ-PACKET "1" "JANUARY 2021" "0.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0)" "USER COMMANDS" 5
.SH NAME
sq\-packet \-
Low\-level packet manipulation
An OpenPGP data stream consists of packets. These tools allow working
with packet streams. They are mostly of interest to developers, but
"sq packet dump" may be helpful to a wider audience both to provide
valuable information in bug reports to OpenPGP\-related software, and
as a learning tool.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBsq packet\fR [FLAGS] <SUBCOMMAND>
.SH FLAGS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Prints help information
.SH SUBCOMMANDS
.TP
\fBhelp\fR
Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
.TP
\fBdump\fR
Lists packets
Creates a human\-readable description of the packet sequence.
Additionally, it can print cryptographic artifacts, and print the raw
octet stream similar to hexdump(1), annotating specifically which
bytes are parsed into OpenPGP values.
To inspect encrypted messages, either supply the session key, or see
"sq decrypt \-\-dump" or "sq packet decrypt".
.TP
\fBdecrypt\fR
Unwraps an encryption container
Decrypts a message, dumping the content of the encryption container
without further processing. The result is a valid OpenPGP message
that can, among other things, be inspected using "sq packet dump".
.TP
\fBsplit\fR
Splits a message into packets
Splitting a packet sequence into individual packets, then recombining
them freely with "sq packet join" is a great way to experiment with
OpenPGP data.
The converse operation is "sq packet join".
.TP
\fBjoin\fR
Joins packets split across files
Splitting a packet sequence into individual packets, then recombining
them freely with "sq packet join" is a great way to experiment with
OpenPGP data.
The converse operation is "sq packet split".
.SH SEE ALSO
For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia\-pgp.org/sq/>.
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sq(1), sq\-armor(1), sq\-certify(1), sq\-dearmor(1), sq\-decrypt(1), sq\-encrypt(1), sq\-inspect(1), sq\-key(1), sq\-keyring(1), sq\-keyserver(1), sq\-packet(1), sq\-packet\-decrypt(1), sq\-packet\-dump(1), sq\-packet\-join(1), sq\-packet\-split(1), sq\-sign(1), sq\-verify(1), sq\-wkd(1)
.SH AUTHORS
.P
.RS 2
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Azul <azul@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Igor Matuszewski <igor@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Justus Winter <justus@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Kai Michaelis <kai@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Neal H. Walfield <neal@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Nora Widdecke <nora@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Wiktor Kwapisiewicz <wiktor@sequoia\-pgp.org>