gpgv

Verify OpenPGP signatures. tldr-pages

On several platforms

Several platforms

Verify OpenPGP signatures. Note: gpgv reads trusted pubkeys from ~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.kbx in absence of the --keyring option.

Verify a clearsigned or inline-signed file (the signature is embedded in the file itself)

gpgv path/to/file.ascIdentify

Verify a detached signature (.asc or .sig) against its corresponding data file

gpgv path/to/signature.asc path/to/data_fileIdentify

Verify a detached signature using a specific public keyring or exported public key file (.gpg or .kbx)

gpgv --keyring path/to/pubkey_or_keyring.gpg path/to/signature.asc path/to/data_fileIdentify

Verify a detached signature using a specific public key file in plain text format (.txt)

gpg --dearmor --output path/to/pubkey.gpg path/to/pubkey.txt && gpgv --keyring path/to/pubkey.gpg path/to/signature.asc path/to/data_file